bang bang
Manuel Roque
Practical information and accessibility
We recommend that you come there on foot or by bicycle. From the Teatre Principal you can walk there for about 35 minutes (2.5 km) at a leisurely pace.
To get to Tossols Basil athletics stadium for the performance on Saturday 25 April at 12 noon, there are two options: a roughly 10-minute walk from the Fonts de Sant Roc or from the Parc Atlètic Tossols car park. The route from the Fonts de Sant Roc is pleasant and easy. The path from the Parc Atlètic Tossols car park, however, includes some steep sections, which may be challenging for wheelchair users or anyone with reduced mobility. We recommend bringing a companion if needed. For further information, please contact us at eforment@olot.cat.
Two performers jump, dance and push their bodies to exhaustion. bang bang is a work built around the notion of physical endurance.
bang bang is a trial by endurance. Built on repeated jumps and athletic patterns that require intense focus, the work gradually reveals combativeness, endurance, and human vulnerability. In this two-person version, the ordeal becomes a shared experience, bringing together each performer’s strengths and weaknesses.
Precision meets sweat. Over the course, the performers’ identities dissolve. Continuing to jump becomes, all at once, absurd, poetic, and political.
Manuel Roque’s creative universe combines kinesthetic virtuosity with a polymorphic questioning of the contemporary human condition. His interest in the body in movement is expressed through the notions of integrity, curiosity, attention, kindness towards others and oneself, and generosity in physical engagement.
Alongside a rich performing career with companies such as Marie Chouinard, Dominique Porte, Sylvain Émard Danse, Sylvain Émard Danse, Fortier Danse-Création, and Daniel Léveillé, he has developed a distinctive choreographic practice. His many works include Project In Situ, Data, Black Matter, 4 OR, bang bang (Best Choreography Award at the Prix de la Danse de Montréal, 2017). His most recent solo, The wind rises, was acclaimed in Montréal and across Europe.
Choreography: Manuel Roque / Performers: Nils Levazeux, Manuel Roque / Rehearsal director and artistic advisors: Sophie Corriveau, Lucie Vigneaul / Costumes and set design: Marilène Bastien / Lumières: Marc Parent / Soundtrack: Manuel Roque, including excerpts / Production manager (at creation): Judith Allen / Coproduction: FestivalTransAmériques (FTA) / Touring director: Mégane Trudeau / Executive production and development: DLD
With the support of: La Fabrik (Potsdam, Allemagne), Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montréal, Canada), Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique (Montréal, Canada), Théatre Hector Charland (L’Assomption, Canada), Les Subsistances (Lyon, France), L’Agora de la danse (Montréal, Canada), Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal
Acknowledgements: Indiana Escach, Élise Bergeron, Alexia Martel
