Garden of Chance unfolds as an illusory spacetime in which two protagonists create a surreal, pataphysical garden – a place where dance and poetry create an arena for wonder. Le sujet à vivre is chance itself, which inspires our emotions and perceptions. Commissioned by the Festival d’Avignon and Le Sujet à Vif / SACD.«Kurt Demey is the artistic director of the Rode Boom company, and he is a mentalist. For this Garden of Chance, pure magic crosses paths with contemporary dance. Beyond the astonishment of the tricks performed, the show breaks the fourth wall more than ever without resorting to caricature. It is as delirious as it is astonishing, as crazy as it is tender.”Amélie Blaustein Niddam - All the Culture – 07/17/2019«With this new work, funny, whimsical, subtly participatory, this advocate for open, sensitive, and universal dance, risks shaking the coconut tree of everything we think we know about contemporary dance.»Rosita Boisseau - Le Monde – 07/18/2019
Garden of Chance
Concept + Creation + PerformanceKurt Demey & Christian UBL
premiere07/17/2019 — Festival d'Avignon (IN - Long Live the Subject)
productionRode Boom & CUBe
coproductionSACD-Festival d’Avignon
creation2020
residencesLa Briqueterie / CDCN - Val-de-Marne (FR), L’Espace Périphérique / La Villette – Paris (FR),CN D / NATIONAL DANCE CENTER – PANTIN (FR)
tour planning CUBe
supportWith the support of the Flemish government.CUBe was supported for this project by DRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, from Région SUD, from Département des Bouches-du-Rhône, from the city of Marseilleand by the Austrian Cultural Forum of Paris.
Audience300
SpaceIndoor & outdoor theater
AgeEvening performance (adult or family version) + school performance +10 years