The Stroll
Theatre of objects and a walking tour
2007
for children and toddlers who are walking age
and accompanying adults
Conceived and interpreted by :
Christine Julien et Hélène Hoffmann, Puppeteers
Host : Denis Guivarc'h
Set Designer : Denis Guivarc'h
Set Design/Sculpture: Hélène Hoffmann
Production : Théâtre ''T'' and Vire Volte
With support from the city of Rosny-sous-bois and the General Council
of Seine-saint-Denis
During a time when the preservation of our biotope seems to be an unavoidable
necessity to the survival of our species, we hope that through our artistic
intervention for children we will contribute to creating a poetic and
sensitive reference to the relationship between man and nature. In order
to preserve it, without a doubt, its fundamental to love it. Growing up
in contact with nature established a relationship between nature and to
be alive and have an emotional, organic connection. The urban environment
in which we grew up, a large majority of children moreover, from the point
of view of the dream as a point of view of survial, must not cut the fundamental
connection which makes them dependent upon nature. We consider these two
dimensions inseparable as are the numerous factors which organize men’s
lives to the heart of the society and the entire world.
Denis Guivarc'h
Technical Description
Three domes are installed in a public place :
Mineral, Vegetable, Animal.
The walk between these three performance centerpieces guides the tour.
It is defined by the scale of the number of children, the trip, etc.
Along the route, an installation of sculptures frames the tour
The performance runs in sequence by view each successive dome. The stroll
between the domes and sculptures are guided by the host.
The two audience groups which are crossed for the first two scenes ‘Mineral
– Vegetable’
are rejoined for the last scene under the dome, ‘Animal.
Cocoon shelters ressemble and protect : as the earth is the mother of
everyone and the dome represents the mother’s womb.
Cave, cabin, house : Places of meeting and sharing or the imaginary games such as other shelters, other planets, other dreams.
During this voyage, the audience discovers that the artistic creations are associated to exterior reality and its shape works by man’s imagination.
This stroll echos three scenes which occur under the domes allowing us
to link to worlds which although separate connect us together.
