TUE 24 JAN - WED 25 JAN

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La pointe du compas

Compagnie HKC

France

Cyr wheel and theater
50mn

Presentation

This show tells the story of the day-to-day life of a teenage girl, Tessa, who is overwhelmed by the feminine stereotypes and all that they entail: weakness and dependence. She scrutinizes the world and the crushing baggage of being born a girl. The weights placed upon men seem more manageable to her. She decides to hide in an XXL tracksuit to escape "the sex zone, the flirting and all the crap that goes with it." Tessa takes the audience to the roots of this rejection of gender stereotypes while also diving into the protagonist's complex relationship with her mother.

Distribution

Staging Antoine Colnot
Performer Mélodie Morin
Text Anne Rehbinder published by Actes Sud Junior
Choreography consultant Francesca Ziviani
Artistic collaboration Anne Jeanvoine
Costumes Alice Touvet

Coproductions and partners Théâtre de Chelles / KLAP Maison pour la danse – Marseille / La Ferme du Buisson national theater in Marne-la-Vallée / Archaos national circus center in collaboration with the Théâtre Durance, national theater for art and creation in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. Support DRAC Île-de-France – Ministry of Culture. The HKC company is subsidized by the Region Île-de-France as part of the permanent artistic and cultural program. It is supported by the CGET, the DRAC Île-de-France, the Departmental Councils of Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis, the CAF and the REAAP network, and the towns of Chelles and Montfermeil. Anne Rehbinder and Antoine Colnot are associated artists at the Théâtre de Chelles Distribution and Development La Magnanerie - Anne Herrmann, Victor Leclère, Martin Galamez, Lauréna de la Torre, Sarah Bigot and Lauren Lefebvre

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Press

"Since 2015, when the HKC Company was founded, Anne Rehbinder, author and photographer, and Antoine Colnot, director and actor, have been decompartmentalizing the arts to create a sensitive, poetic, and realistic theater."

– L’Oeil d’Olivier

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Biography

Compagnie HKC's ambition is to create a sensitive theater that is anchored in reality and to survey the depths and wounds of the human soul while offering a poetic exuberance that celebrates life. Anne Rehbinder and Antoine Colnot are associated artists at the Théâtre de Chelles.

More information (in French)

https://www.biennale-cirque.com/en/program/la-pointe-du-compas-681?onglet=bio