Florentin Ginot invites Norwegian dark ambient artist Helge Sten and choreographer Soa Ratsifandrihana to traverse a space subjected to erosion, where choreographic, musical, luminous and architectural materials mingle.
The electric vibration emitted by both Helge Sten's music - whose density is almost a physical sensation - and Soa Ratsifandrihana's nervousness offers a 1h15 trajectory.
Alterable, brittle bodies offer pulsating, energetic, syncopated dance scenes that form a polyphony with the sonic immersion of Sten's Audio Virus*: IY electronics, historic tape echo machines, ring modulators, filters, Theremin, Buchla synthesizer and samples.
*Norwegian composer Helge Sten tinkers with his own electronic system of sampling, sound processing and analog effects, also known as Audio Virus.
In partnership with
La Friche la Belle de Mai
Production
HowNow
Coproductions
GMEM, L'Arsenal - Cité musicale-Metz, CCN de Caen, CCN de Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Viadanse, GRAME (Lyon), La Muse en Circuit-CNCM (Alfortville), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes)
Support
CNM, SACEM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
Florentin Ginot
A member of Ensemble Musikfabrik since 2015, Florentin Ginot lives and works in Paris and Cologne. After training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, he became a laureate of the Fondation Banque Populaire and the Mécénat Musical Société Générale. In 2015, he recorded his first CD in the Meyer Foundation's Jeunes Solistes collection, featuring the music of Marin Marais.
Helge Sten
Norwegian musician and producer Helge Sten began the ambient Deathprod project in 1991. His terrifying debut album Treetop Drive arrived in 1994, demonstrating his talent for creating dark, haunted soundscapes with acoustic instruments and innovative production techniques.
Soa Ratsifandrihana
Soa Ratsifandrihana (France, 1994) trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, then with the Junior Ballet, with whom she danced pieces by Nathalie Pubellier and Cristiana Morganti.After completing her studies, in 2014 she traveled to Japan to perform Le Baiser, a piece from Thomas Lebrun's repertoire.
Friche la Belle de Mai (Petit Plateau)
41 Jobin Street13003
Marseille
RATES
Full: €8
Reduced: €6
DURATION
1h15
Florentin Ginot
artistic direction
Helge Sten
musical composition
Soa Ratsifandrihana
choreography
Michael Bölter
dramaturgy consultant
Olivier Defrocourt
set design
Marie-Hélène Pinon
lighting design
Martin Antiphon
sound
Sylvaine Nicolas
technical management
Soa Ratsifandrihana, Asha Thomas, Florentin Ginot, Helge Sten
performance