Mathurin Bolze FRANCE
Fenêtres

Laban
Mon 24 Jan > Wed 26 Jan 7.30pm
After show discussion: Tue 25 Jan
£12.50 (£9 concs)
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Inside trampolinist Mathurin Bolze's intimate living space, walls become floors and aerial passageways link each location.
Inspired by Italo Calvino's story, The Baron in the Trees, a fantasy about a young nobleman who rebels against parental authority by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life, Mathurin Bolze also breaks free of convention, living his life in three dimensions. Seeking ways to create this gravity-defying dreamworld of lightness and freedom he researched movement under weightless conditions both with NASA experts and at Star City in Moscow.
A graduate of the French National Circus School, Mathurin has toured with radical circus troupe Archaos, and for three years with the acclaimed Josef Nadj production, Cri du Caméléon. LIMF is delighted to collaborate for the first time with Laban, in its awe-inspiring, landmark building at the heart of south-east London’s thriving arts community. Opened in February 2003, it was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture and coveted Building of the Year 2003 title.

“He makes time stand still and operates his own law of gravity. Breathtaking and beautiful.” TELERAMA

Runs approx 55 mins without interval

Co-production: Centre des Arts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie / Établissement Public du Parc de la Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris / CCDS-Scène Nationale de Senart / FURIES - Festival de Cirque et de Théâtre de la Rue de Châlons en Champagne / Hangar de Mines - Pôle Cirque, Cévennes / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication-DMDTS-DRAC Rhône Alpes.

Supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni and Association Française d'Action Artistique/Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Presented in association with Laban. www.laban.org

photo © Christophe Reynaud De Lage

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