YUMÉ

The piece

Beaver Dam Company’s new dance creation brings together children and older ones to experience a performance built around a magical and mysterious story.

Choreographer Edouard Hue drew inspiration from Japanese tales and animated films to create the company’s new dance piece. Yumé is a wordless narration, built around a physical and virtuoso dance, where the characters live a fabulous adventure. The heroine never stops traveling, searching for her lost shadow. During her journey, she encounters strange and fantastic characters. The adventure takes her through amazing lands. Deep in the sea or lost in the clouds, she will discover supernatural places where the laws of nature are upset.

Details

Creation 2021, 5 dancers, 40 minutes.

Choreographer: Edouard Hue
Costume designer: Sigolène Pétey
Light designers: Tom Dupont, Théo Jourdainne
Wardrobe assistant: Diane Seguy
Set builder: Julien Cialdella
Administration: Sophie Ammann, Julia Bouhjar

Production: Beaver Dam Company

Co-production: Salle du Lignon – Vernier Culture, L’Auditorium Seynod – Scène Régionale Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, L’Entre-Pont – Nice, La Manufacture – Aurillac

Residencies: Château-Rouge, Le Dôme Théâtre – Albertville, Bonlieu Scène Nationale, La Manufacture – Aurillac

Support: Ville de Vernier, Ville d’Annecy, Loterie Romande, Fondation Stanley Thomas Johnson, DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Association des Communes Genevoises, Fondation Fluxum, Fondation SIG, Conseil Départemental de Haute-Savoie, République et Canton de Genève, Pro-Helvetia – Fondation Suisse pour la Culture, CORODIS – Commission Romande de Diffusion des Spectacles

Press release

“A fabulous tale danced with poetry and sweetness.”
Céline, Revue Bancal
“The audience's applause shows it: the show delights young and old alike.``

Talpa Mag

“Pure magic, poetry in images and in movement. It's Yumé, this extraordinary show from Switzerland. If there's an opportunity to see it, don't miss it.``
Andrés Canedo, private critic Santa-Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia