Listen & Watch


LISTEN & WATCH
(Climax revisited)
Re-creation 2009

Concept and choreagraphy: Laurence Yadi,
Nicolas Cantillon
Interpretation: Nicolas Cantillon, Sir Richard Bishop or Steffen Basho Junghans
Sound design: Sir Richard Bishop or Steffen Basho Junghans
Lightening design: Laurent Junod
Production: Compagnie 7273 (Suisse - France)
Length: 40 min. approx.

Listen & Watch, Climax revisited 2009
With support from la Ville de Genève, de la République et Canton de Genève, de Pro Helvetia, de la Loterie Romande, de la Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art et de la Corodis for the tour 2009.
 
Climax, creation 2006
Coproductions: Culturgest Lisbonne (Portugal), O Espaço do Tempo Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal)
With support from Pro Helvetia, Ville de Genève, l’Etat de Genève, Loterie Romande, DRAC - Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de la région Rhône- Alpes, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and the Conseil Général de la Haute-Savoie.
The Compagnie 7273 has benefited from a partnership  with Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art and won the award from Fondation Lietchi pour les Arts for this solo.

Statement of intent

In 2006, Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon composed the score of Climax, a 40-minute solo piece danced by Nicolas Cantillon, without interruption and in silence. The writing condenses the movement in the centre of the stage and adopts the constraint of never repeating the same figures. Developed around a succession of emblematic images taken from the history of dance, sport or politics, the piece blurs the identification of these references and perturbs the definition of the Climax.

In 2007, they discovered the world of the guitarist Sir Richard Bishop, a discovery that opens onto a re-reading of Climax. This music seems to them to be able to take the place of the silence that envelops Climax, thus modifying the perception of the piece and shifting the focus thanks to the presence of the musician on the stage.

The experimental approach of Sir Richard Bishop, the virtuosity of his playing, as well as his sobriety mingled with humour, allow a closeness with Compagnie 7273 that is now renewed and updated with this new version of Climax.

Graziella Jouan

In september 2009, the choreographers present a new version of the piece with the German musician Steffen Basho Junghans.

Technical rider in PDF (52K)