After a year under the sign of precaution (the Europe room had split its season in two in the event of reconfinement), the theater in the western district, in Colmar, announces a new abundant season. In addition, with the arrival of Julie Silbernagel in charge of reception and ticketing, she wants to get closer to her audiences.
This 2022-2023 season will be punctuated by circus (tinged with poetry) with heart of sap March 4, puppets with In your suitcase May 3 or music with Gina Summer and its orchestra whose strings will be led by students from the Colmar music conservatory on October 15.
Dance explained to scientists
Beyond the entertainment, Gael Doukkali-Burel, director of the Europe room, offers us an intelligent and intelligible program for all audiences. And he admits to particularly appreciating contemporary dance, omnipresent this year.
After the health crisis, and those that are coming with some media insistence, he believes that today “the choreographic language is beneficial! “He is silent, and speaks to the spirit. Dance couldn’t be more relevant right now. We must return to simple things, without being simplistic. »
A real favorite of the programmer, The string theory is a “UFO”, an “unidentified visceral object” born in the head of Étienne Fanteguzzy. Choreographer and dancer, the man is also a scientist. Here he presents his theory on dance (D), which is equal to MVT (the mass-velocity-time equation). The public, placed in four front tiers, is associated with the reflection whatever their level in physics or mathematics. The string theory certainly gives food for thought, but it is also a chiselled, poetic and jubilant spectacle. See you on October 28 at 8 p.m.
ALL (On the edge) , on January 18, will tell us the story of a woman through three different decades personified on stage. Theater choreographed by the Distillerie collective, ALL (On the edge) puts into perspective the verbal language and that of the dance to make a poetic docufiction.
slices of life
It will often be a question of identity during this season, as with Gigaboy (October 22) , the boy who is born into a family of superheroes and wishes to be “supernormal”. With Margaret’s review , November 24. Or rather the opinion that she was not asked before burning her as a witch. In The Possessed of Illfurth on September 28, the actor evokes the fate of his own grandfather, also condemned by his peers for “hear-says”.
Neither yes nor no is no is a title that alone sums up this play which teaches the youngest (from 6 years old) to express a refusal. A playful and brilliant show on November 16, 2022. With heart of sap , on March 4, we discover the story of a mother who raises her teenage daughter in the forest to protect her from men. But at this age, we are far too curious to leave it at that.
There will also be agri-food issue with Sour Willingness of spirituality with the Study for the Song of Songs of “geopoetry” with Moving the lines, card stories non-verbal communication with It goes without saying or quirky humor with The Life and Death of Jacques Chirac, King of the French.
To find out more, go to the Europe room, 13 rue d’Amsterdam in Colmar, on Tuesday June 14 at 8 p.m. FREE ENTRANCE.
Colmar. [Diaporama] Salle Europe, season 2022-2023: ask for the program!