For almost twenty years now, Kaori Ito has been developing a hybrid form of movement mixing her Japanese heritage with Western contemporary dance via intimate pieces that dialogue with the invisible. With Chers, she summons ghosts in order to speak about the loss of a loved one. For this conversation with death – which echoes the tradition of Noh theatre – she invites the six performers to write letters to friends and family who have passed away. Using these stories, the dancers move like spirits that oscillate between the realms of the living and the dead.

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• Distribution

  Artistic directing and choreography : Kaori Ito

  Text : Kaori Ito, Delphine Lanson, the performers and the participants of La Parole nochère au Théâtre de la Colline

  Artistic collaboration: Gabriel Wong

  Performers (in alternating) : Morgane Bonis, Marvin Clech, Jon Debande, Noémie Ettlin, Nicolas Garsault, Louis Gillard, Delphine Lanson, Issue Park, Léonore Zurflüh

  Creative artists: Marvin Clech, Jon Debande, Nicolas Garsault, Louis Gillard, Delphine Lanson, Léonore Zurflüh

  Composition : François Caffenne

  Help with the dramaturgy : Taïcyr Fadel

  General management : Thomas Dupeyron

  Light management : François Dareys and Thomas Dupeyron (in alternating)

  Sound management : Coline Honnons and Adrien Maury (in alternating)

  Production : Améla Alihodzic, Coralie Guibert, Laura Terrieux, Lucila Piffer, Justine Sène and Anne Vion.

  Acknowledgements : Carlo Bourguignon, Arno Veyrat, Lazslo Gabuka-Lanson, Stéphane Batut, Céline Dartanian, Altan Zul, Benjamin Minimum,Noemie Ettlin, Yoshi Oïda, Wajdi Mouawad and the team of Théâtre de la Colline.

• Mentions

  Production : Compagnie Himé

  Coproductions : KLAP – maison pour la danse Marseille, MAC – maison des arts et de la culture de Créteil, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Le Théâtre Garonne Toulouse, Les Halles de Schaerbeek Bruxelles Belgique, Théâtre du Fil de l’eau PANTIN, Agora PNC Boulazac Aquitaine, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, scène nationale, MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard,, Le PLAT Toyohashi Japon, Château de Monthelon – Atelier international de création artistique – Montréal.

  With the support of patronage of Caisse des Dépôts.

  The troupe Himé receives the support of Fondation BNP Paribas for all their projects.

  The troupe Himé recieves the support of Minister of Culture – DRAC Ile de France, by Ile-de-France Region and the Val-de-Marne Departement.

  Kaori Ito is an associated artist with the National Dramatic Centre of Normandie-Rouen, the Mac of Créteil and the Centquatre in Paris.
  The troupe Himé is in artistic companionship with KLAP Maison pour la danse in Marseille and in residency at Fontenay en scène and in the Théâtre du Fil de l’eau à Pantin.

  Photos : © Anaïs Baseilhac