Intended for children between the ages of 6 and 10, this duet reflects on discovery – the discovery of the ‘Other’, but also on new meanings when we face those things that surround us. Matrioska takes as its departure point the idea that there are many layers superimposed on those things that we see. Many times, what we see with our eyes is nothing more than a first image, the most immediate one of many which lie behind it.
Our matrioska, rather than being a big doll containing other, similar ones within, (like the famous Russian doll), is a sort of place which, due to its device, permits one to work inside, outside, behind, in front, hidden and in view, permitting the different layers of reality to discover each other as in a sort of kaleidoscope of images and situations.
It is this constant and intriguing discovering which we want to pass on to the children. What could there be behind that? Inside this? What is that shadow? Is someone inside of it? What language does this singer sing? What is hidden underneath this form?
We want Matrioska to be an enigma from beginning to end, with questions raised, some answered, others not, and that, above all, in the end it is the children themselves who construct their own stories.
We provide the elements and the ingredients, most of the time with in no apparent order, and we leave the challenge of organizing them as they wish to the children.
PREMIERE
30 January – 3 February 2007
Le Vivat, Armentières, FR
Circulação
16 December 2014
PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE
14 January 2014
Culturgest, Lisbon, PT
6 February 2014
CNDC Angers, Angers, FR
25 March 2013
Le Volcan, Le Havre, FR
29 April 2013
Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Cartaxo, PT
14 December 2013
Culturgest, Lisbon, PT
3 January 2012 —
17 January 2012
Scène Nationale Évreux Louviers, Évreux, FR
23 January 2012 —
24 January 2012
La Renaissance, Mondeville, FR
31 January 2012
Théâtre de Chartres, Chartres, FR
3 May 2012
Le Carré Les Colonnes, Blanquefort, FR
11 January 2011
Théâtre du Pays d'Arles, Arles, FR
15 January 2011 —
16 January 2011
Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, FR
3 February 2010 —
8 February 2010
ADC, Geneva, CH
25 February 2010
Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Cartaxo
6 March 2010
Cine Teatro Joaquim de Almeida, Montijo, PT
12 March 2010
Cine Teatro S. Pedro, Alcanena, PT
17 March 2010 —
19 March 2010
Maison de la Culture, Amiens, FR
30 March 2010
Avant-Scène, Cognac, FR
12 June 2010
Encontro interacção e Conectividade
15 January 2009
St. Quentin en Yvelines, FR
26 January 2009 —
27 January 2009
Festival Artdanthé, Paris, FR
3 February 2009 —
5 February 2009
Scène National, Dieppe, FR
7 April 2009 —
9 April 2009
Théâtre L'Agora, Evry, FR
16 April 2009
PT.09, Montemor-o-Novo, PT
28 April 2009
Vandoeuvre, FR
3 May 2009
14ª mostra Sementes, Almada, PT
3 October 2009 —
4 October 2009
Lausanne International Dance Festival, Lausanne, SWZ
9 December 2009 —
12 December 2009
TEMPO, Portimão, PT
3 February 2018
Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk, Kortrijk, BE
8 February 2008
Theâtre de la Place, Centre Culturel de Ans, Liege, BE
11 February 2008 —
12 February 2008
C’est de la danse contemporaine, CDC Toulouse, Toulouse, FR
14 February 2008 —
15 February 2008
C’est de la danse contemporaine, L’estive Scène Nationale, Foix, FR
18 February 2008
Festivals Artdanthe et Hors Saison, Vanves, FR
14 March 2008
Theâtre de Cahors, Cahors, FR
17 March 2008 —
19 March 2008
Le Triangle, Rennes, FR
15 May 2008 —
17 May 2008
Festival La rose des vents, Villeneuve d’Asq, FR
24 May 2008 —
27 May 2008
National Museum of Singapore, SG
17 June 2008 —
18 June 2008
La Cartoucherie, Atelier de Paris/Carolyn Carlson, Paris, FR
25 September 2008
Tanzahaus, Dusseldorf, DE
17 October 2008
Dance Umbrella Festival, London, GB
25 October 2008 —
26 October 2008
Teatro Dom Silvério, Belo Horizonte, BR
1 November 2008 —
2 November 2008
SESC Paulista, São Paulo, BR
4 November 2008 —
8 November 2008
La Montagne Magique, Brussels, BE
12 November 2008 —
14 November 2008
MIRA – Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine, Bordeaux, FR
16 November 2008 —
17 November 2008
Centre Beaulieu, Poitiers, FR
20 November 2008 —
22 November 2008
Les RésiDanses, Théâtre Le Vivat, Armentières, FR
26 November 2008 —
27 November 2008
Théâtre Pôle Sud, Strasbourg, FR
11 October 2008 —
15 October 2008
Théâtre L´l, Brussels, BE
14 July 2008 —
15 July 2008
Festival Santarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo, IT
17 May 2007 —
19 May 2007
Teatro Viriato, Viseu, PT
5 May 2007
Culturgest, Lisbon, PT
22 April 2007
Springdance Festival, Utrecht, NL
16 March 2007 —
17 March 2007
Woking Dance Festival, Woking, GB
3 March 2007 —
11 March 2007
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, PT
5 February 2007 —
6 February 2007
Centre Choregraphique de Tours, Tours, FR
30 January 2017 —
3 February 2017
Le Vivat, Armentières, FR
Diversos