In Je suis une montagne (I’m a mountain), the stage is physically inhabited by heat, rain, wind, deep rumbles, and the scents of plains and deserts. Rain falls, light pierces through the clouds to create dawns, halos, and radiant suns; it envelops bodies with its strength before withdrawing to make way for the night.
Placed directly on this stage, suspended above the ground, the spectator is invited to let the elements pass through them—not to be active in shielding themselves or attempting to control these forces but rather to allow them in. With closed eyes, they become a tree, a rock, a mountain. The elements will exist around them, through them, and within them. Je suis une montagne invites us to experience our world differently, through a lens other than our own.
What would our perception of the world be if we were a tree, if we were a mountain? Another world emerges—a different relationship to time, the elements, space, and ourselves. By encouraging a sense of surrender and communion and through a choreography that brings together the bodies of the elements and the spectator’s own, Je suis une montagne offers an experience of the present moment.
Creation : November 2024
I am a mountain evokes in me mineral mysteries, deep rumblings, millennial rhythms, telluric vibrations, and ephemeral meteors.
Yannaï Plettener – Pleins feux
FClosing one’s eyes reveals, through its annulment, to what extent sight is our dominant sense, the one on which our representation of the world relies..
Yannaï Plettener – Pleins feux
Stage direction : Eric Arnal-Burtschy Sound production : Thomas Turine Head electrician : Marc Duchâteau Technical direction : Eloi Saniez Scentscreator: URCOM, Chimie Organique et
Macromoléculaire, Université du Havre Construction: Workshop of the Théâtre de Liège Technical management on tour: Kevin Alf Jaspar Programme : Kevin Alf Jaspar and Pascal Demez – DRUW_Audio Administration Camille Poulain Tour management and development : Ad Lib · Artists Support
A creation by Eric Arnal-Burtschy
Produced by Still tomorrow & BC Pertendo
Coproduced by Théâtre de Liège, Le 9-9 bis – Oignies, Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, Festival Chroniques – Marseille, la Croisée – Rencontres professionnelles du spectacle vivant en Hauts-de-France, Théâtre de la Vignette – Montpellier.
With the support of the Hermes Enterprise Foundation.
With the help ofDRAC Hauts-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, Département du Pas-de-Calais
In partnership with De Grote Post – Oostende, workspacebrussels, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles et la ménagerie de verre, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, L’Oiseau Mouche – Roubaix, Le Gymnase – Centre de développement chorégraphique national, Le BAMP – Bruxelles, La Maison du Théâtre d’Amiens et le Safran, Scène conventionnée d’Amiens Métropole, Boom’Structur – Clermont Ferrand
Show duration
1h00
Audience capacity
from 40 to 60
Audience suitability
All audiences
Team on tour
from 3 to 4
Width
between 10m and 15m
Depth
10m
Height
3,5m
Set up
1 day
Breakdown
Not to be missed
Conference and Workshops
On the occasion of the performances, Éric Arnal Burtschy will speak at the conference Re-sensing the World on Monday, March 24, at 6 PM in the Atrium Auditorium, alongside Géraldine Savary. A researcher and associate director of URCOM, Géraldine Savary led the research and development of the scents used in the performance.
Later, the artist will lead the workshop Creating Scents on March 29, from 2 PM to 6 PM, inviting participants to design their own personal scent.
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