La Montagne

• Duration: 1 h
• France
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Collectif Bonheur Intérieur Brut

We’re all afraid of something: death, spiders, darkness, public speaking, not being loved, failure, losing, being late, the boss, kissing a boy or girl, being abandoned, other people, crossing the road, water, crowds, unemployment, being attacked, foreigners, having no money, fear itself… But the only antidote to fear is courage.
Staged on an imposing set of slopes (three 37° inclines, creating a series of sharp ups and downs), La Montagne explores the notions of fear and courage: the courage to speak and act, to face our fears, to speak their name. How can we make our bodies brave, and what actions and rituals do we need to perform to achieve that goal? How can we create a collective ethic of courage, and how can we tame our fear in order to break down the edifice of cowardice? The actors, dancers and circus performers of Bonheur Intérieur Brut transform this mountain into a metaphor for life’s challenges and how to overcome them. Alone or with others.
Sometimes frontal and sometimes circular, aligned or opposed, the sloping surfaces of the stage structure inject a sense of constant movement into the relationship between the public and the performers, a permanent game of appearances and disappearances depending on your point of view. The audience is moving too: in front of, inside or around the mountains. The spectator’s viewpoint is continuously shifting, challenging the audience to find their way into each scene, into the heart of the story...