“SHiNMu” takes the audience on a journey through an unreal, poetic and at times brutal universe, as if seated in a boat drifting down the river of their unconscious.
An imaginary world – perhaps even a mad one – through which the audience will travel, gradually shedding all points of reference to the real world as the performance unfolds, allowing themselves to be swept away by the wings of their imagination.
Every page of this narrative contains multiple layers of meaning, and it is each person’s subconscious that determines the order in which they are read. There are as many versions of SHiNMu as there are imaginations…
Dreaming is a deeply personal yet universal experience, for we all dream, every single time, even if our conscious minds do not always remember it.
By exploring the body, Anan Atoyama uncovers a voice liberated from the societal and cultural contexts in which it was shaped. Movements are revealed—illogical and unconventional—causing bubbles of unconsciousness to burst, right on the surface of the skin.
The stage is adorned with eight large tulle panels for this piece. Suspended on ropes, they move independently of one another to create numerous combinations, structuring spaces that are both intimate and open to public view. These tulle panels, along with the white floor, are draped with digital projections, accentuating the imaginative and surreal quality of the two dancers’ moving bodies.
Two 3D cameras are also positioned high up, so as to interact with these projections in real time, altering them in response to the dancers’ movements within the space.
“When I seek out my body’s dreams, I am both lost and unsettled by these new connections. It is as though, at night, I were diving into the ocean and waiting for the sun to rise, to illuminate a new world with which a whole new relationship would be forged”
Anan Atoyama
COLLABORATORS
Choreographer and Concept: Anan Atoyama / Associate Artist: Marc Ribault Dancers: Marc Ribault, Anan Atoyama
Composer: Aurélien Marion-Gallois
Graphic designers: Alexane Douzet, Sébastien Vallart
Interactive projection: Théoriz Crew
Set design: S. Nuage
Lighting: Anan Atoyama, Antoine Soros
Costumes: Charlotte M Bayo, Nadège Cézette
PARTNERS
Charlie Chaplin Community Cultural Centre
