Eve Chariatte

STAGE CREATION 2020/2021

Au coeur nous préférons le diaphragme is a piece rooted in the respiratory function, whose themes extend to questions of breath, atmosphere and ecosystems.

For this creation, the artistic team was deliberately assembled from diverse backgrounds in order to immerse itself in a plural atmosphere — itself composed of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% everything else; a space filled with particles that together form a whole; a group built around a plurality of disciplines and artistic perspectives, coming together to create a shared ecosystem.

This is the starting point of the work: bringing together dance and literature, scientific lecture and music. The specifically assembled artistic team forms the foundation of the creative process and of this stage laboratory.

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From the heart, which we traditionally place at the centre, there is here a shift towards the diaphragm — the main muscle of respiration, which, in its simplest form, connects us to one and the same space and continuously renegotiates the boundary between ourselves and others.

CREDITS

Choreography | Eve Chariatte
In collaboration with the performers | Antoine Rubin (writing), Eleonora Polato (sound creation), Eva Zornio (scientific advisor)
Dramaturgical support | Adina Secretan
Outside choreographic eye | Laura Kirshenbaum
Lighting design | Louis Riondel
Costume design and making | Julie Lahoual
Co-production | far°, Nyon, as part of EXTRA TIME and Format 26, supported by the City of Biel/Bienne and the Canton of Bern
Production | ecco
Support | SWISSLOS/Culture Canton of Bern, City of Biel/Bienne, Republic and Canton of Jura, Loterie Romande Vaud, City of St-Imier, City of Delémont, Fondation Loisirs-Casino

Duo version
Touring support | Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council
With thanks to Théâtre du Jura and ADC Geneva for providing studio residencies.

TOURING

2022
Au coeur, le diaphragme, duo version
CND, Pantin, as part of the Ecology and Creation seminar, 22 April 2022

2021
far° Nyon, as part of the EXTRA TIME programme | 15–16–17 August 2021
Forum St-Georges, CCRD, Delémont | 3 September 2021
Format 26, Rennweg 26, Biel/Bienne | 9–10–11–12 September 2021