THE DONKEY'S MASS
THE DONKEY'S MASS
Non verbal, 60 minutes
Target audience: 15+
Ipsul (France)
The Donkey's Mass is inspiring and energising. It makes us see and dream, sometimes to the point of nightmares. It takes us into an organic, unique and iconoclastic universe. A frightening operating theatre, a lectern, animated fetishes, half-human beings, half-beasts... form large and powerful stage sets. The visual artist, surrounded by his co-creators, offers us a performance that is both artistically and physically powerful, filled with startling and shocking images. A kind of dance of life, crazy and imaginative, which with its "coincidences" brings the thrill of improvisation to the show, over which the performers have full control. Carnival. Ship of fools. A pagan fair. The festival of the donkeys.
Direction: Olivier de Sagazan┃Direction assistance: Anas Sareen┃Authorship and cast: Olivier de Sagazan, Leila Ka, Borna Babić, Magdalena Öttl, Shirley Niclais, Alyzée Soudet-Polaris, Ele Madell┃Light design: Pacome Boisselier┃Opening: 2021
Coproducers: CDN de Rouen, Ville de Saint-Nazaire, Région Pays de la Loire, Théâtre du Mac Orlan de Brest, Le Palc de Châlons-en-Champagne, Scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire
Olivier de Sagazan is a French artist, painter, sculptor and performer. His work centres on sculpting with layers of clay on his own body and face, erasing his own identity and transforming it into a living sculpture. His most famous performance, Transformation (1998), has been performed more than 300 times in 25 countries.