Born in 1995, Pierre Piton belongs to a generation that, according to him, is that of an in-between, that of a dystopian utopia. Between anger and fear, the beings of this generation navigate in an impossible future. With Open/Closed, Pierre Piton tries to externalize this duality in order to give the disorder a new strength.
Open/Closed guides the viewer through an intimate research exposing the body ‘inside-out and outside-in’. Imbued with organic sounds, this intimate and conceptual choreographic exploration plays on the ambiguity between intensity and vulnerability of a personal revolution that is as fragile as it is powerful. The boundaries of the self vanish in favor of an experience where the body coincides with that of the other, and is defined in a continuum linking past and future bodies.
Choreography, interpretation Pierre Piton
Musical creation, interpretation Simone Aubert
Lighting design Marek Lamprecht
Fashion design, costumes Marie Bajenova
Body research, dramaturgy Romane Peytavin
Outside eye Lucia Gugerli
Production Maxine Devaud / oh la la - performing arts production
Administration Angie Menillo / oh la la - performing arts production
Dramaturgical Production Support Tanzhaus Jessica Huber
Coproductions Tanzhaus Zürich, Arsenic - Centre for Contemporary Performing Arts
Partners A project supported by Danse & Dramaturgie (D&D CH), an initiative of Théâtre Sévelin 36 Lausanne, in partnership with Dampfzentrale Bern, ROXY Birsfelden, Südpol Luzern, Tanzhaus Zürich, TU-Théâtre de l’Usine Genève; financed by Pro Helvetia and the SSA Société Suisse des Auteurs
Residencies Grand Luxe network. Residencies: Trois C-L - Centre chorégraphique du Luxembourg, L’Abri - Geneva, Dampfzentrale - Bern, ROXY Birsfelden, Théâtre Sévelin 36, Arsenic center d’art scénique contemporain, Tanzhaus Zürich
Support Stadt Zürich Kultur, Pro Helvetia, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, SSA - Société Suisse des Auteurs, Fondation Nestlé pour l’art, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Fondation FLUXUM, Oertli Stiftung and Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS