Hélium
In a metaphysical nightclub atmosphere, two suspicious couples flank the illicit mistress of God. They conjure up images of birth and death. Obsessions with duality, sex and religion: can they be escaped? Through what bizarre disarray? What excesses?
The stars, during their adventurous life, burn their energy and transform the hydrogen of which they are composed into helium — a natural escape towards lightness — a fantasy which the protagonists of this tale will follow.
The stage has three large windows that open and close alternatively or together, allowing the actors and dancers to appear in large frames from which they never stray. A study on the image and the simultaneity of actions and movements, the performance is made up of three chapters with the respective headings: "Sex is good for you", "God is good for you", "Fun is good for you".
Concept and direction Patrick Bonté
Choreography Nicole Mossoux, Patrick Bonté
Performers Sébastien Jacobs, Maxence Rey, Jordi L.Vidal, Erika Zueneli, Candy Saulnier
Set Didier Payen
Costumes Colette Huchard
Make-up Jean-Pierre Finotto
Light Patrick Bonté, Pierre Stoffyn
Sound mix Patrick Bonté
Stage management Stefano Serra
Technical direction Pierre Stoffyn
Direction assistant Flore Vanhulst
Production: Cie Mossoux-Bonté in coproduction with Les Brigittines – Centre d’Art contemporain du Mouvement de la Ville de Bruxelles et le Théâtre Varia, Bruxelles (Belgique), le Théâtre de l’Agora – Scène Nationale, Evry et Les Hivernales, Avignon (France), with the support of Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Dance department and Wallonie-Bruxelles International.
The company was hosted by the Hivernales d'Avignon for a residence in February 2005, the performance was created at this time. As a member of the network of Trans Danse Europe 2003-2006, they participated in a project that assembled the cities of Avignon, Helsinki, Prague, Reykjavik, Brussels, Ljubljana, Aarhus and Poznan.
