Le Gymnase - National Centre of Choreographic Development - Roubaix | Hauts-de-France

Le Poisson qui vivait dans les arbres

Sylvain Riéjou (Le Mans)

Coproduction Le Gymnase CDCN
Co-programmed by l’Oiseau-Mouche

  • 5+
  • ~45mins
  • PREMIERE 2025

Le Poisson qui vivait dans les arbres

Coproduction Le Gymnase CDCN
Co-programmed by l’Oiseau-Mouchelogo OM

This is the story of a quest imagined by choreographer Sylvain Riéjou and author-illustrator Hervé Walbecq: that of two characters guided by a strange creature, The Fish Who Lived in Trees (Le Poisson qui vivait dans les arbres). A lively world, half animal, half plant, projected onto a large screen, composes the fabulous landscapes in which they venture. A joyful journey through the living world.


Sunday 25th of Januray / La Brigade Rostand: children from the neighboring school will welcome you and offer an introduction to the play, as part of the Corps Sensibles project.

Cast and creatives

Concept: Sylvain Riéjou, Hervé Walbecq
Performance: Hervé Walbecq, Yoann Hourcade
Drawing:
Hervé Walbecq
Video:
David Heidelberger
Sound design:
Émile Denize
Lighting: Ronan Bernard
Outside perspective: Jeanne Lepers
Sound and video , régie vidéo engineering: Yasmine Bouchenak
Production, development: Marion Valentine, Charles-Éric Besnier-Mérand | Bora Bora productions
Tour logistic: Jeanne Recule
Thanks:
Clémence Galliard, Emilie Cornillot

Production credits

Production: Association Cliché.
Co-production: Le Triangle cité de la danse de Rennes, Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Initiatives d’Artistes / La Villette – Paris, PÔLE-SUD CDCN de Strasbourg, L’Échangeur CDCN Hauts-de-France, Le Théâtre d’Angoulême – Scène nationale, Centre culturel André Malraux – Scène nationale de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Théâtre Louis Aragon à Tremblay en France, La Scène Nationale Albi-Tarn, Les Quinconces & L’Espal Scène nationale – Le Mans, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, réseau Escale Danse.
Support: Sponsorship from Caisse des Dépôts, Département de Seine-Saint-Denis as part of the territorial residency at TLA.
Partnership, residency: Lillico / Festival Marmaille – Rennes, Le Pavillon – Romainville.
Company support: Ministère de la Culture DRAC Pays de la Loire, Ville du Mans, artist associated with Pôle Sud CDCN de Strasbourg, artist associated with Théâtre Louis Aragon as part of ‘Territoire(s) de la danse’.