The dust of suns

 

A piece by Josef Nadj for 12 performers in tribute to Raymond Roussel   

 

Choregraphy

Josef Nadj

 

Performers

Istvan Bickei, Sylvain Blocquaux, Samuel Dutertre, Peter Gemza, Mathilde Lapostolle, Cécile Loyer, Nasser Martin-Gousset, Josef Nadj, Kathleen Reynolds or Isabelle Kurzi, Laszlo Rokas, Gyork Joseph Szakonyi, Cécile Thièblemont

 

Choregraphy assistant

Denes Debreï

 

Lights

Rémi Nicolas

assisted by Christian Halkin

 

Scenography

Michel Tardif

 

Musics

Peter Vogel, The Art Ensemble Chicago, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Tatsu Aoki, Famoudou Don Moye, Conlon Nancarrow, Samm Benett, Kazimierz Serocki

 

Costumes 

Yasco Otomo

assisted by Fabienne Orecchioni

 

Masks and props

Jacqueline Bosson

 

Coproduction 

Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans, Théâtre National de Bretagne – Rennes, Le Volcan Scène Nationale du Havre, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Le Carré Saint-Vincent Scène Nationale d’Orléans

 

Creation 

Scène Nationale d’Orléans, 5 october 2004

 

Duration

1 h 25

The dust of suns

 

The title of this piece is taken from one of Raymond Roussel’s plays. Roussel never knew the fame he longed for, or rather the euphoria that he thought came with it, while he was alive, and to this day he remains a little-known author. But his life and work had a deep impact on a number of artists and writers, amongst which Marcel Duchamp, who claimed he owed everything to Roussel, George Bataille, Michel Leiris, Georges Perec or Michel Foucault.

 

The dust of suns is dedicated less to Roussel’s literary work than to his life and the way he lived it; to his eccentricity and taste for performance against the backdrop of a solitary life, interspersed by trips undertaken with an utmost lack of curiosity.
Josef Nadj admits a fascination for the extravagant life of this rich dandy, amateur singer, chess player, drug addict; for the way in which he made a piece of art of his life, building bridges between art and madness, art and death.

History :

 

26 janvier 2008

Modafe Korea

Séoul (KR)

 

15 mai 2007

La Coursive Scène nationale de la Rochelle

Rochelle (FR)

 

14 avril 2006

Le Parvis

Tarbes (FR)

 

7 mars 2006

Théâtre de Caen

Caen (FR)

 

19-20 mai 2005

Le Volcan

Le Havre (FR)

 

19-26 avril 2005

Théâtre de la Ville

Paris (FR)

 

14 avril 2005

Le Carreau Scène nationale de Forbach

Forbach (FR)

 

7 avril 2005

Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand (FR)

 

26 novembre 2004

Bonlieu Scène nationale d’Annecy

Annecy (FR)

 

23 novembre 2004

Comédie de Valence

Valence (FR)

 

12-23 octobre 2004

Théâtre national de Bretagne

Rennes (FR)

 

5-6 octobre 2004

Le carré Saint-Vincent Scène nationale d’Orléans

Orléans (FR)