Mirage (un jour de fête) - Cie Dyptik

Chain-link fences and barbed wire. Rusty corrugated iron on rooftops. Flags hanging limp. Feet striking the ground with force and elegance, heads held high, clothes in vivid, carefully tailored hues… This is the image of the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank. Unreal, absurd, and magical, it inspires this new creation. Immersive staging questions norms, the stage, and its audience. The momentum of traditional dances, with their concentric forms, shapes the scenography. Energy flows between periphery and centre. Embodying this collective force, movement becomes a projectile that denounces suffering and injustice.

An image suspended in longing so fierce it transcends reality… Mirage.

Company Presentation :
Driven by a sharp mind and a vision of society that is constantly questioned, this is how Cie Dyptik defines itself. It draws daily on encounters, exchanges, and current events that move it, crafting moments of reflection where the body is both interpreter and central piece of this introspection. The company’s creative red thread: a questioning of the individual’s and the collective’s position, illuminated by current affairs and the emotions it evokes.

Co-productions:
Cie Dyptik, HH Producties, CNAREP Atelier 231 / Sotteville-lès-Rouen, CNAREP Les Ateliers Frappaz / Villeurbanne, CNAREP Moulin Fondu – Cie Oposito / Garges-lèsGonesse, CNAREP Sur le Pont / La Rochelle, CCN de La Rochelle / Cie Accrorap, Les Tombées de la Nuit / Rennes, Théâtre de Cusset, Institut Français d’Algérie, Institut Français du Maroc.

Supported by:
Domaine de Bayssan / Béziers, Centre Culturel du Château de Goutelas / Marcoux, Le Fil – SMAC de Saint-Étienne, the towns of Le Chambon-Feugerolles and Sorbiers.

This creation benefited from:
● “Écrire pour la rue” / SACD and Festival des 7 Collines (Saint-Étienne)
● “Aide Nationale à la création pour les arts de la rue” / DGCA

Cie Dyptik is:
● Supported by DRAC and Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
● Backed by the Département de la Loire and the Ville de Saint-Étienne
● An associate artist with IADU La Villette
● A national-interest-scene partner with Théâtre de Cusset / Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national for Circus Arts and Dance