Mirage - Compagnie Dyptik

Mirage is a journey through pain and joy, war and love - and a celebration with music and dance as a language that speaks to us of courage, hope and community. As a tribute to celebration and community, we are gripped by their infectious, positive joie de vivre, where the dancers' punch to the ground hits us right in the heart. 

Through Dyptik's powerful hip-hop-based dance, the 8 dancers are very close to us, from the centre of the party right in the middle of the audience. They use the circular shape of the stage as a playful device: music, voices and bodies flow in from all sides, creating diverse and sometimes contradictory experiences.   

The performance is inspired by life in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, where the children learnt Dabkeh, a traditional, energetic folk dance, in the hope of a better future.  

Credits

Direction and choreography: Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari 
Composer and sound design: Patrick De Oliveira 
Set design: Charles Boinot  
Costumes and visual universe: Julie Cherki 
Dancers: Charly Bouges, Santiago Codon Gras, Yohann Daher, Alice Sundara, Camilla Melani Beatrice Mognol, Anabella Pirosanto, Konh Ming Xiong

Production and support

Mirage is produced by Cie Dyptik in collaboration with HH Producties, CNAREP Atelier 231 / Sotteville les Rouen, CNAREP Les Ateliers Frappaz / Villeurbanne, CNAREP Moulin Fondu - Cie Oposito / Garges-lès-Gonesse, 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 and with support from Domaine de Bayssan / Béziers, Centre Culturel du Château de Goutelas / Marcoux, Le Fil - SMAC de St Etienne, la Ville du Chambon Feugerolles, la Ville de Sorbiers.  
 

Read more about the company here http://www.dyptik.com