CURRENTLY IN CREATION
UTOPIAS FOR A LANDSCAPE IN RUINS
CREATION 2027
FOR THEATERS AND NON-TRADITIONAL SPACES
biFRONTAL SETUP
AERIAL TECHNIQUES / OBJECT MANIPULATION / DANCE / LIVE MUSIC
DURATION: 1 HOUR
PREMIEREs in AUTUMN 2027
The end reveals itself, and with it the possibility of living it as we wish.
Everything we know collapses, and with it, our cages.
We choose to build spaces where we can reconcile with who we are; presents in which, if only for a moment, freedom becomes possible.
Utopias for a Landscape in Ruins imagines ways of welcoming the end:
bodies become poetic allies that transform objects into metaphors and sounds into landscapes.
This project begins where our previous creation, Long Play, which premiered in 2022, comes to an end. It stems from the desire to further develop certain poetic elements presented in that work, but from a different perspective: if Long Play was a cry of resistance against the hostility of the world, this piece is a breath of fresh air. It proposes the construction of utopias, questioning the current collapse and our collective passivity.
We start from the feeling of inhabiting a devastated world heading toward a kind of collapse. In response, we make a choice: to create a work that explores how to live in the moment just before. Utopias for a Landscape in Ruins (UPPR) unfolds through five tableaux that explore different ways of welcoming the end.
The research is guided by a desire for expansion and reconciliation with life. We want to create spaces where celebrating the present is possible while also accepting the arrival of the end. It is no longer only about surviving, but about reclaiming who we are so that, even if only for a brief moment, we can be free.
This notion of the end allows us to relate to circus in a different way. Without the need to look extremely strong or virtuosic, circus ceases to be pure demonstration and becomes a game and a poetic tool. We are not interested in highlighting the prowess itself, but rather the metaphors that run through it, while simultaneously unlearning the expectations attached to our disciplines. We wish to emphasize the beauty of the relationship between the circus artist and objects; the sincerity hidden in that bond when it is freed from the threat of failure.
Our main dramaturgical challenge is to create a performance composed exclusively of endings, questioning the role of the ending in the performing arts. To begin and to end with the end requires an unusual construction, involving different narrative and temporal logics.
We see Utopias for a Landscape in Ruins as a sensitive and necessary proposal. In a world in crisis—social, ecological, and political—we feel, as contemporary artists, a responsibility to invent new collective imaginaries and new ways of living together, even if fragile, even if ephemeral.
Coproductions and Residencies:
Room 100, Split, Croatia
La Maison des Jonglages, Bondy, France
La Central del Circ, Barcelona, Spain
Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts, Granollers, Spain
L’Espace Périphérique, Paris – La Villette, france
