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STYX
One man show - Still in the making
Synopsis
On the banks of the River Styx, a unique scene unfolds: people walking backwards, fleeing death. Through voice, music and gesture, the storyteller-musician-dancer leads us in their trail.
There, a man reveals himself. He struggles. His feet want to move forward, but his head continues to flee. Tortured between the desire to let go and the need to remember, he gets stuck. From the front row of this inner struggle, his powerful movements and wild gaze immerse us in the force of our contradictions.
In the face of the end of things, what resources do we have?
How do we dialogue with what is no longer?
Drawing on his African roots, Teddy Boussengui takes us on a journey that's part storytelling, part dance. His movements, somewhere between hip-hop and physical theater, come to life to the sound of Gabonese ritual music created in real time. An aesthetic of gesture and sound, where escapism and anchoring, remembrance and oblivion are constantly replayed.
His Purpose
This project has two aims: to help myself and others to move on, and to provide information on how to deal with grief.
To this end, an online archive called "STYX - Record & Listen" has been created. It brings together audio testimonials recorded after each performance, in which the audience share their own experiences of dealing with the end of a cycle.
In this way, both the show and the archive serve as educational and artistic resources to support this inevitable process
D i r e c t i o n . c h o r e o g r a p h y & . p e r f o r m a n c e
Teddy Boussengui
S o u n d . d e s i g n
Dan Ben-Hur
L i g h t i n g . d e s i g n
Max Mungen
C o - P r o d u c t i o n
Cie. Producteurs de Vent, Scène Nationale Carré-Colonnes, Mairie d'Ambarès-et-Lagrave, Alliance Française du Guatemala
