WHIP
A show by Georges Labbat
France, 40′
NATIONAL PREMIERE
With the support of Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati – Fondazione franco-italiana di sostegno alla creazione contemporanea
WHIP places at the center of the stage an object with powerful evocative force: the whip. A symbol of social, animal, colonial, and sexual domination, the whip here becomes an extension of the body—able to liberate, bind, and create.
Its crack, combined with electronic sound, shapes both the musical choreography and the dramaturgy of the piece, defining the distance between audience and performers, who move freely throughout the former church of San Mattia.
WHIP explores the threshold where transgression and constraint coexist, where the very edge of risk draws us in and commands our attention.
Dates for this event:
Tickets
Full price: €13
Reduced price for Under 30s, Over 65s, Culture Card holders: €8
Reduced price for Unibo, Ababo, Under 20s: €5
Ridotto Alliance Française members: €8
3-show subscription: €15
5-show subscription: €25
Tickets can be purchased:
1) Online: on TicketSms.it
2) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2).
Passes can be purchased:
1) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center
2) By pre-ordering them by email at biglietteria@genderbender.it and then picking them up in person at the Festival Center.
The TICKET OFFICE at the Festival Center is every day from October 30th to November 8th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; on October 30th from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; on November 2nd from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
*It is NOT possible to purchase tickets in person at the event venues.
For further information: biglietteria@genderbender.it
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Credits
Choreography: Georges Labbat
Performes: Awa Joannais / Grace Lyell, Georges Labbat
Lights: Shaly Lopez
Set design: Remy Ebras e Georges Labbat
Music: Paul FLEURY
Costumes: Charlie LE MINDU / Conseils
Artistic: Némo FLOURET, Solène WACHTER
Lighting and directing assistant: Tom BOURDON
Photography & Video: David LE BORGNE
Production & diffusion: Margaux ROY
Produced by: Bleu Printemps Productions
Supported by: Fonds Haplotès
Coproduced by: La Ménagerie de Verre – Paris, Le Carreau du Temple – Paris, CCNO – Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans
Supported by: la Mairie d’Orléans et de la Région Centre – Val de Loire
Biographical note
Georges Labbat trained in Paris and at P.A.R.T.S., and in addition to being a choreographer, he is also a visual artist and sculptor. He has collaborated with Gisèle Vienne, Boris Charmatz, and Anne Imhof, performing at the Palais de Tokyo. He is an associate artist with Danse Dense. With WHIP, he is the winner of the Haplotès Fund’s Danza 2023 competition.
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