SYNOPSIS
Dada is an artistic revolution, a collaborative creation by artists who have lost faith in the world they live in. Their way of countering the absurdity of this world and finding a way of living more happily within it is to create. By inventing all kinds of fantasies, poetical follies and outrages, they constantly strive to avoid following the beaten track of conventional or academic order. Dada is a kind of hymn in praise of freedom and of the Human creator. Emerging from the specific context of the 1st World War, today, one hundred years later, the parallels between the war of the past and the war of today are striking. The old crisis and the new crisis, the urge to revolt then and the urge to revolt now. Past anger and present anger, past exile and present exile. The misery of the past and present day misery. But what if we were to play with Dada? With frenzied inventiveness and crisp humour, three figures entice the audience into a brilliantly insane ritual.
DISTRIBUTION
Creation and direction Alice Laloy
With Eric Caruso, Stéphanie Farison et Marion Verstraeten
Playwrighting : Emmanuelle Destremeau
Music Eric Recordier
Scenography Jane Joyet
Stage Lighting Rémi Furrer
Costumes Marion Schmid
Choreography Cécile Laloy
Accessories Benjamin Hautin, Alice Laloy & Anaïs Guenot
Stage and lighting manager Julienne Rochereau or Théo Tisseuil
Technical manager Benjamin Hautin et Léonard Martin or Guillaume Leroy
Sound manager Lucas Chassere
Machinery design Davide Cornil
Machinery construction François-Xavier Thien
Construction Ateliers de la Ville de Genève
With the voice of Valérie Schwarcz
PRODUCTION
Production Théâtre Amstramgram / Geneva
Co-production La Compagnie S’appelle Reviens
With the support of Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (DRAC) Grand Est, Région Grand Est, Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil CDN
PRESS COVERAGE
“Alice Laloy brings the Dada movement back to life—its chaotic times and its rebellious spirit—without ever preaching to us” – Télérama
“In an anarchic and joyous gesture, Alice Laloy and a formidable trio of actors completely reinvent the spirit of Dada.” – Sceneweb
“Absolutely beautiful scenes!” – Paris Mômes
