shows

"A road, a car, there is the place wich will provoke the encounter between a man

and a woman, photographers, on a personal quest which leads them in the famous

Pan American race of the 50’s. Joined by a terrified woman, the run away is going

to the outskirts of a village devastated by violence, of wich a final policeman takes

inventory. From Ciudad Juarez, a border town with Texas, to El Ocotal, near

Guatemala. Eight stages give the rhythm to the sequences of the

« dramatic musical action » by Javier Torres Maldonado. The imaginary and reality

waver in the centre of composer’s musical sceneries. Like watchmen into the land

of the shades, four musicians and intangible voices give rhythm to the space

structured by a road on which the mental or historical projections appear. Between

patina black & white photos of Juan Rulfo in 1950 and bright colors of a nowadays

ubiquitous violence, the show « Viaje » offers a vision between two areas."

Christine. Dormoy, Paris, août 2014

First world performance:

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO DE GUANAJUATO

THEATER CERVANTES 22.10.2014

Dramatic musical action

for 4 singers, 4 musicians and electroacoustic interactive system

Work commissioned by Festival Internacional Cervantino

Music Javier Torres Maldonado, Libretto Cristina Rivera Garza,

Nicolas Chesneau musical direction, Christine Dormoy, stage direction

Nicolas Déflache, sound direction, Ladislas Rouge stage manager, With

Artistic collaborations of : Mathilde Germi, video, Philippe Marioge stage

design, Cidalia Da Costa costumes, Jean-Pascal Pracht light, Elodie

Brémaud stage director’s assistant, Etienne Graindorge sound director’s

assistant, Daniele Amidani musical informatics and software for performance.`

With

Sevan Manoukian, soprano (Mujer), Baltazar Zuñiga, tenor (Hombre),

Camille Royer, mezzo-soprano (Tajeew), Alberto Albarán, baritone (Policia)

And recorded voices of : Magali Klipffel, soprano, Romie Esteves, mezzosoprano,

Philippe Estephe, baritone (studio théâtre de la Voix/Bordeaux)

Ensemble Sillages, direction artistique, Philippe Arrii-Blachette

Stéphane Sordet saxophones, Gilles Deliège, viola, Vincent Leterme piano,

Hélène Colombotti percussions.

CO-PRODUCED BY: FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO DRAMA/ENSEMBLE SILLAGES

COMPAGNIE LE GRAIN / THEATRE DE LA VOIX WITH THE SUPPORT OF : INSTITUT FRANÇAIS

/REGION BRETAGNE (FRANCE) WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF : CIRM, CENTRE NATIONAL

DE CREATION MUSICALE DE NICE, STUDIO THEATRE DE LA VOIX DE BORDEAUX,

ESTUDIO DE OPERA DE BELLAS ARTES DE MEXICO.

L’ENSEMBLE SILLAGES RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM: THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

DRAC BRITAIN, THE CITY OF BREST, BRITTANY REGION, THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF

FINISTÈRE, SACEM AND SPEDIDAM.

LA COMPAGNIE LE GRAIN RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM: THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

DRAC AQUITAINE, CONSEIL RÉGIONAL D’AQUITAINE, CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL DE GIRONDE,

VILLE DE BORDEAUX WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF OPÉRA NATIONAL DE BORDEAUX,

LABRI /SCRIME (UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX).