Le Gymnase - National Centre of Choreographic Development - Roubaix | Hauts-de-France

WHIP – SOLO

Georges Labbat (Orléans)

In coprograming with le LAM / saison ″LaM Vagabonde"
In partnership with l’Oiseau-Mouche

  • 30 min
  • CREATION 2024
6 to 12€

Combined programme with Action // Tradition // Couvercle

WHIP – SOLO

In coprograming with le LAM / saison ″LaM Vagabonde″

In partnership with l’Oiseau-Mouche

WHIP means ‘whip’ in English, and it is this object that is at the heart of this solo imagined by Georges Labbat. Essentially associated with a history of torture and domination, the way in which the instrument is viewed here is shifted by its musicality and its movements, going so far as to reveal a form of delicacy. The dance is all rotation, constantly oscillating between danger and fascination.


From 6pm, discover sound poems and texts by Kurt Schwitters, François Dufrêne, Bernard Heidsieck…

Combined programme with Action // Tradition // Couvercle

Continue the evening with BATTY BWOY at the Gymnase

Cast and creatives

Choreography and performance: Georges LABBAT
Lighting design: Shaly LOPEZ
Lighting and stage management: Tom BOURDON
Set design: Georges LABBAT, Rémy EBRAS
Musical creation: Paul JF FLEURY
Costume design: Charlie LE MINDU
Artistic advisors: Némo FLOURET, Solène WACHTER
Production, distribution: Margaux Roy
Touring production: Claire Heyl
Administration: Florence Péaron

Production credits

Production: Bleu Printemps Production
Sponsorship: Fonds Haplotès
Coproduction: La Ménagerie de Verre – Paris, Le Carreau du Temple – Paris, CCNO – Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans.
Support: Mairie d’Orléans, Région Centre – Val de Loire.
Residency: la Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Atelier 231 – Centre national de la rue et des espaces publics – Rouen, Halle des Grésillons – Gennevilliers via Paris-Sud Aménagement, La Fileuse friche artistique de Reims, CCNO – Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans, La Villette Paris – Pavillon WIP, Espace Cromot – Paris, Ménagerie de Verre – Paris, Chaudronneries de Montreuil.