LA BAZOOKA

Recommended for children over 6 years old

A ballet of ghosts covered in white sheets produces a fascinating optical illusion where the bodies seem to float above the ground. Spectres of classical ballet mingle with famous choreographers such as Maurice Béjart and Merce Cunningham. More moving than scary, these ghosts, with their virtuoso technique, guide both the young and the old in a joyful dance brimming with surprises. La BaZooKa makes ghosts dance to uncover a magical world, made up of illusions, where the history of dance is presented in a playful way.

Formed in 2002 in Le Havre, the La BaZooKa company creates shows and artistic installations. Popular culture and the figures that emerge from it have served as the basis of their work since they first started. Étienne Cuppens and Sarah Crépin are also inspired by their childhood memories, real or imagined, to invent characters that resonate with the collective unconscious and take on new dimensions through dance. Mummies, hybrid manga heroines, ghosts, the “Venus of Willendorf” made of pillows, and sailors with lobster claws, all comprise an emotionally moving, graphic bestiary, a kind of phantasmagoria that allows for the invention of stories.

Conception La BaZooKa (Sarah Crépin and Etienne Cuppens) / Choreography Sarah Crépin, in collaboration with dancers / Dancers (depending on the performances) Sarah Crépin, Aurore Di Bianco, Louis Chevalier, Flore Khoury, Claire Laureau-Renault, Félix Maurin, Sakiko Oishi, Matthieu Patarozzi, Marie Rual, Léa Scher, Taya Skorokhodova, Julien-Henri Vu Van Dung / Director Etienne Cuppens / Lighting designer Christophe Olivier and Max Sautai / Lighting operator Erwan Méaude or Kilian Languill / Sound operator Clément «Beboon» Decoster / Costumes Salina Dumay and Elsa Gérant / Tour manager Mathilde Mahier/ Administration Margaux Roland / Musics Maurice Ravel, Bernard Herrmann & Jacques Offenbach 
Production La BaZooKa / Coproductions Dieppe Scène Nationale, Le Volcan Scène Nationale du Havre, Centre Chorégraphique National – Ballet de Lorraine (accueil studio 2017/18), L’Arc – Scène Nationale Le Creusot, Théâtre de l’Arsenal scène conventionnée Art en Territoire, Danse – Val-de-Reuil / Residencies Dieppe Scène Nationale, Le Volcan Scène Nationale du Havre, Centre Chorégraphique National – Ballet de Lorraine, Théâtre de l’Arsenal scène conventionnée Art en Territoire, Danse – Val-de-Reuil, Le Siroco Supports Adami, ONDA, ODIA, Office de Diffusion et  d’Information Artistique & Institut Francès.
La BaZooKa benefits from subsidies provided by the City of Le Havre, the Region of Normandy and the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC) for its entire artistic project. The dance company also received a subsidy from the Local Government of Seine Maritime for Pillowgraphies