“If you’re ever in trouble / I’ll be there on the double”, sings Marvin Gaye into the emptiness. An intimate but eerie duet between a living and a lifeless body, between Georges Labbat and his doppelganger cast in resin: both are “receptacles of a one-voice dialogue” (Labbat). In absolute darkness, the rigid puppet and the P.A.R.T.S.-educated dancer-choreographer, who has taken the stage for performance greats like Anne Imhof and Gisèle Vienne, negotiate conflicting feelings of alienation and desire. Careful at first, this “lonely waltz” develops a childlike exuberance, continually changing roles and shifting dynamics, and forcing us to bring our own longings and trepidations to the table.
Choreography and performance: Georges Labbat
Lighting design: Alice Panziera, Tom Bourdon
Set design: Remy Ebras
Music: Paul Fleury
Artistic direction: Némo Flouret, Solène Wachter and George Ciseron
Production management: Margaux Roy
Administration: Yolaine Flouret
Production: BleuPrintemps
Co-production: CCNO – Centre chorégraphique National d’Orléans, Le 108 – Orléans, L’Antre-Peaux – Bourges and CCNT – Centre Chorégraphique National de Tours (FR)
Residencies: CCNO – Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans, Le 108 - Orléans, Micadanses – Paris, La Pratique – Vatan, L’Antre-Peaux – Bourges, La Briqueterie – CDCN Val de Marne and CCNT – Centre Chorégraphique National de Tours (FR)
Support from CCNO – Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans via BleuPrintemps, Orléans City Council, Région Centre – Val de Loire and DRAC – Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles de la Région Centre – Val de Loire (FR)
With the support of Danse Dense, La Belle Orange (FR)
