Canicular

Première 18. 7. 2024, Festival d’Avignon (FR)

Running time 30 minutes, no intermission.

Author, choreographer and interpreter Rebecca Journo

Composer Diane Barbé
Outside view Véronique Lemonnier
Costume designer Coline Ploquin
Sound manager Mathieu Bonnafous

A dance-sound performance merges experimental music with the sound of cicadas to emphasise the paradox of the summer – a stretch between comfort, languor and oppressive heat. Choreographer Rebecca Journo, in collaboration with sound artist Diane Barbé, creates an immersive experience where the sound of cicadas – the effect of the vibration of the convex membranes – becomes an indicator of the external temperature and the physical experience of heat. Journo immerses into this microworld from which she conjures images of women-insects and hallucinatory draughts. Against the background of Diane Barbé’s psychedelic sound modulations, her dance brings our charred bodies to life.

Supported by La Lisière (Bruyères-le-Châtel), La Métive (Moutier-d'Ahun), Atelier de Paris/CDCN, KLAP Maison pour la danse (Marseille), Boom’Structur (Clermont-Ferrand) (FR)