RECIF
A contemporary adaptation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, “Reef” is a poetic allusion to the two sides of the same world, heaven and hell.
In a blind world, a clown takes off her dark glasses and regains her sight. Through this act, she becomes the “ferryman”, the one who sees the birth of shapes, colors, humans dragged down by violence, crushed by violence. Orpheus and Eurydice appear in this tormented world, drunk with happiness. As in the myth, love does not escape death, and Orpheus is about to fall into “hell”, an obscure realm here transposed to the corrupt world of trafficking, profiteers and gamblers. He’ll fight, play against himself, cheat and win to find Eurydice…”. I’m lost! Where are we going? Do we have to love each other to live?” the clown asks herself, challenging us and, in the process, leading us to look ever higher in our quest for Love. Time is short, let’s fly away on the thread of our dreams before they become dust…
Drawing on the experience of his previous shows, Philippe Riou imagines a vast playing space (a 210m2 pvc canvas stretched over scaffolding) on which dancers, actors, aerial acrobats, painters and musicians explode in a profusion of colors, in a succession of tableaux.
Throughout the show, the 16 artists suspended in the void create a monumental pictorial work to the rhythm of a lively musical creation.
Created in France for the “Chalon dans la Rue” Festival, “Récif” has conquered a wide range of audiences on numerous tours across Europe, Brazil, Russia, South Korea… At each stop, part of the text is translated and performed in the language of the host country, making it easy for the audience to embrace the poetry of this show.
Technical Information
Duration: 01h15
Number of artists / technicians: 16 artists / 2 technicians
Structure type: Company scaffolding structure (W17m x H17m) + PVC canvas (210 m2)
Gauge : 7000 spectators
Show chronology
2013: Krasnoyarsk (Russie) Siberian Festival
2011: Rishon Lezion (ISRAËL) "Spring International Festival
2010: Nuremberg (Allemagne) Nuit Bleue Festival
2009: Vitry sur Seine Festival de Oh
2009: Istanbul (Turquie) Freshtival Festival
2009: Santander (Espagne) Festival Encuentro Europeo de Artes Aereas
2005: Deventer (Pays-Bas)
2005: Poznan (Pologne)
2005: Italie Festival Milan El Corriere della Sera
2005: France Carhaix Festival "les vieilles charrues
2005: Santa Maria Da Feira (Portugal) Imaginarius Festival
2004: Espagne Fira de Teatre de Manresa
2004: Paris (France) Festival Futur Composé
2004: Pays-Bas Groningen Festival
2003: Séoul (Corée du Sud) Iujeongbu Festival
2003: Perigueux Mimos" Festival
2002: Autriche Vienna Festival
2001: Issy-les-Moulineau Festival La marionnette dans ses états
2001: Allemagne Sommerbühne International Festival in Wolfsburg
2001: Moscou (Russie) At the IIIrd Theatre Olympics-IV Chekhov Festival
2001: Berlin (Allemagne) Inauguration of the Maxim Gorky Theatre
2001: la Neuve (Belgique) 575th anniversary of the University of Leuven
2000: Essen, Duisburg, Herne et Dortmund (Allemagne)
2000: Dubaï
2000: Autriche Festival Stada 2000
2000: Grenoble European Theatre Festival
1999: Espagne Festival Al Carrer
1999: Italie Bari
1999: Paris Festival Onze
1999: Espagne Villadecans Festival
1998: Suède Water Stockholm Festival
