Artistic director : Simone Mousset
Performers : Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Lewys Holt, Eevi Kinnunen, Hannah Parsons, with Jorge Motel
Dramaturg : Lou Cope
Artistic companion : Neil Callaghan
Cultural theory consultant : Macon Holt
Sound : Alberto Ruiz Soler
Voice work and vocal composition : Jamie McCarthy
Lighting : Seth Rook Williams
Stage and Costumes : Lydia Sonderegger
Stage and Costumes collaboration : Ariane Koziolek, Anne-Sophie Raemy, Leonie Wienandts
Puppet creation : Sophie Ruth Donaldson, Emilie Mathieu
Wigmaker (tights) : Birte Meier
Tailoring : Cony Jegerlehner
Producer : Vasanthi Argouin
Production and Stage Manager : Bryony Byrne
Technical manager : Alberto Ruiz Soler
Technical assistant : Jorge Motel
Company management, administration : Cathy Modert
Communication : Lisa Tsumakova
Development in France : Les Indépendances
press officer : Murielle Richard
Something between a prehistoric opera and a strange ballet, four performers address feelings of meaninglessness and futility, the inadequate devices we have to navigate these, and the fantasies this generates. Empire of a Faun Imaginary is a melancholic world in search of the miraculous that questions our ability to dream. Combining vocal work, visual art and bodies in movement, Simone Mousset explores an existential conflict with a world where horror and beauty carry on a strange dialogue.
Artistic director: Simone Mousset – Performers: Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Lewys Holt, Eevi Kinnunen, Hannah Parsons – Artistic support: Neil Callaghan – Sound: Alberto Ruiz Soler – Voice work, vocal composition: Jamie McCarthy – Lighting: Seth Rook Williams – Stage design, costumes: Lydia Sonderegger – Collaboration on stage design and costumes: Ariane Koziolek, Anne-Sophie Raemy, Leonie Wienandts – Wigs: Birte Meier – Dressmaker: Cony Jegerlehner – Dramaturgy: Lou Cope – Cultural theory consultant: Macon Holt – Technical director: Bryony Byrne
Production : Simone Mousset Projects
Coproduction : Escher Theater; Esch 2022 Capitale européenne de la Culture; POLE-SUD, Centre de Développement Chorégraphique National, Strasbourg; Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes; KLAP Maison pour la danse; Les Hivernales – CDCN d’Avignon; Atelier de Paris CDCN; Centre Chorégraphique National de Rillieux-la-Pape, direction Yuval PICK
Financial partners : The Place – Londres; TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois; CN D Centre national de la danse dans le cadre du dispositif Artistes en expérimentation à Lyon; Fondation Indépendance by BIL
With the support of : Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg (LU)
Residency at : La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne
With thanks to : London Contemporary Dance School Costume Department
Simone Mousset Projects est conventionnée avec le ministère de la Culture du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Simone Mousset est artiste associée à The Place et au Escher Theater, et elle est accompagnée par la Fondation Cléo Thiberge Edrom.
