Christian Rizzo, 2005 - restaging 2016
Duration: 30 minutes
« July 2002 – I was a guest of Rachid Ouramdane. He and I studied the figure of the biker as a loner without his motorbike, travelling solo. skull*cult was born, for and with the Jardin de la Vierge theatre as part of Avignon festival.
October 2016, during the “Préludes à la saison 2016/2017” (season kick-off) organised by ICI—CCN, I go back on that solo piece, with the wish to bring about, one more time, a moment of contemplation and mystery, an enclave in these chaotic times and increasing flow of images.
comme crâne, comme culte. disregards the existing tracks to leave new ones, as so many thoughts (prayers, visions) built up in the void, crystallized by its possibilities. Tinged with memories and sweet nostalgia, this solo piece provides a time for observation, sharp writing cut out of a hanging environment. More than ever, the state of presence, of detail and physical intelligence (when defining oneself) are for me a shared thought/action. »
— Christian Rizzo - May, 2016
Casting and mentions
Choreography, stage design, costume design: Christian Rizzo | Dance: Jean-Baptiste André | Technical direction: Thierry Cabrera
Production [creation 2005]: l’association fragile | Production [restaging 2016]: ICI — centre chorégraphique national Montpellier - Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerrannée / Direction Christian Rizzo
Co-production: SACD and Festival d’Avignon in the framework of the programme « Le Sujet à Vif »
With the support of Centre National de Danse d’Angers
Two versions are possible for this piece:
. black box,
. outdoors or other spaces (museums…).
Last dates
| 18 January 2020 |
Musée d'Arts de Nantes (France) |
|---|---|
| 8 November 2019 |
Théâtre Louis Aragon, Tremblay-en-France (France) |
| 22 to 25 May 2019 |
L’Empreinte - Scène nationale Brive / Tulle, Brive (France) |
| 26 April 2019 |
Le Merlan, Scène nationale de Marseille (France) |
| 17 November 2017 |
Le NeufNeuf festival, Cugnaux (France) |
| 28 October 2017 |
Centre Pompidou, Málaga (Spain) |
| 22 October 2017 |
Centre Pompidou, Paris (France) |
| 21 October 2017 |
Palais de la Découverte, Paris (France) |
| 25 May 2017 |
Villa Médicis, Rome (Italy) |
| 12 November 2016 |
Scène croisées de Lozère, with the association Ballet-Bosse, foyer rural de Saint Martin de Lansuscle (France) |
| 8 October 2016 |
Cour de l'Agora, Montpellier (France) |
| 3 May 2012 |
Centre Pompidou, Metz (France) |
| 20 November 2010 |
DeSingel, Anvers (Belgium) |
| 21 October 2009 |
Centre Pompidou, Paris (France) |
| 21 to 22 August 2009 |
Festival Arcus Temporum (Hungary) |
| 6 June 2009 |
Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble (France) |
| 26 to 28 March 2009 |
Maison de la Danse de Lyon (France) |
| 20 to 30 October 2008 |
Festival Dance Umbrella, London (United Kingdom) |
| 18 April 2008 |
The Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| 29 September 2007 |
Opéra de Lille (France) |
| 10 September 2007 |
Opéra de Lille (France) |
| 6 September 2007 |
Opéra de Lille (France) |
| 19 July 2007 |
IMPULSTANZ Festival, Vienne (Austria) |
| 3 June 2007 |
TAP – Centre Culturel de Beaulieu (France) |
| 31 May 2007 |
Musée de la danse - Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne (France) |
| 31 March 2007 |
le lieu unique - Scène nationale de Nantes (France) |
| 25 February 2007 |
Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin (Germany) |
| 2 February 2007 |
Théâtre des Quatres Saisons, Gradignan (France) |
| 25 June 2006 |
Festival Latitudes Contemporaines, Lille (France) |
| 20 to 21 May 2006 |
Espace Claude Parisot, Soissons (France) |
| 4 March 2006 |
DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale (France) |
| 4 to 5 November 2005 |
Le Quartz, Scène Nationale de Brest (France) |
| 28 to 30 July 2005 |
Festival Paris Quartier d'Été, Paris (France) |
| 14 to 23 July 2005 |
Festival d'Avignon (France) [premiere] |