Empire of a Faun Imaginary, Simone Mousset - Les Hivernales CDCN d'Avignon, 2023 (subtitles EN FR)

Empire of a Faun Imaginary
Dance / Theatre / Vocal work
Première: 9, 10, 11 December 2022, @Escher Theater (LU)
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Tour dates:
16 February 2023, @Les Hivernales CDCN (FR) https://www.hivernales-avignon.com/sp...
28 February 2023, @The Place (UK) https://theplace.org.uk/events/spring...
29 March 2023, Festival Le Grand Bain, @Le Gymnase CDCN (FR)
13 April 2023, KLAP Maison pour la danse/Théâtre Joliette (FR) https://www.kelemenis.fr/fr/les-spect...
3 June 2023, as part of Festival TalentLAB, @Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg (LU)
6 June 2023, Festival June Events, @Atelier de Paris (FR)

Something between a prehistoric opera and an eerie ballet, Empire of a Faun Imaginary addresses feelings of meaninglessness and futility, the inadequate devices we have to navigate them, and the fantasies this generates. Yearning for transformation and new futures, Empire of a Faun Imaginary is a melancholic world in search of the miraculous, that asks: How can we go on, and how can we dream again? The piece combines vocal work, visual art, and bodies in movement to explore our tussle with a contradictory, messy, and uncertain world, where horror and beauty carry on a strange dialogue.


Artistic director: Simone Mousset
Performers: Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Lewys Holt, Eevi Kinnunen, Hannah Parsons, with Jorge Motel / Carine Baccega / Louis Chevalier
Dramaturg: Lou Cope
Artistic companion: Neil Callaghan
Cultural theory consultant: Macon Holt
Sound: Alberto Ruiz Soler
Voice work and vocal composition: Jamie McCarthy
Lighting: Seth Rook Williams
Stage and Costumes: Lydia Sonderegger
Stage and costumes collaboration: Ariane Koziolek, Anne-Sophie Raemy, Leonie Wienandts
Puppet creation: Sophie Ruth Donaldson, Emilie Mathieu
Wigmaker (tights): Birte Meier
Tailoring: Cony Jegerlehner
Producer: Vasanthi Argouin
Production manager: Bryony Byrne
Company management: Cathy Modert
Communication: Lisa Tsumakova
Development in France: Les Indépendances
Production: Simone Mousset Projects
Coproduction: Escher Theater (LU) ; Esch 2022 Capitale européenne de la Culture (LU) ; POLE-SUD, Centre de Développement Chorégraphique National, Strasbourg (FR) ; Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes (FR) ; KLAP Maison pour la danse (FR) ; Les Hivernales – CDCN d’Avignon (FR) ; Atelier de Paris / CDCN (FR) ; Centre Chorégraphique National de Rillieux-la-Pape, direction Yuval PICK (FR)
Financial partners: The Place – Londres; TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois; CN D Centre national de la danse dans le cadre du dispositif Artistes en expérimentation à Lyon; Fondation Indépendance by BIL
With the support of Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg (LU)
Residency at La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne
With thanks to London Contemporary Dance School Costume Department

Simone Mousset Projects is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Simone Mousset is associate artist at The Place and at Escher Theater, and she is supported by the Fondation Cléo Thiberge Edrom.

Filmed by Nadya Gorodetskaya, images by Sven Becker

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