La forêt de glace

Creation 2020, for all ages from 7 years old

La forêt de glace (The Ice Forest) is a climatic piece in which video images, music (composed and performed live and in full view), the text (adapted from the novel Le Palais de glace [The Ice Palace] by the Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas) and dance meet to create an event, part cine-concert and part live performance.

“In a mythical landscape shaped by the intense cold and ice, at the heart of the endless Norwegian fall season, two young girls meet, discover each other and learn about each other. Siss and Unn, Unn and Siss. Of contrasting personalities, they are drawn inexorably to each other, confusing and perturbing each other even, until one evening they are gazing into the same mirror and decide to make a pact, an indestructible and unexplainable connection, as strong as ice crystals and as powerful as the ice palace frozen at the base of the waterfall. But then the next day, Unn disappears…”

For this new young audiences piece, the choreographer focuses on the poetry in the language of Tarjei Vesaas, a major part of this initiatory novel in which the mystery, the intrigue is not the primary focus, rather it is a free adaptation of other parts of the novel: are Siss and Unn two girls? Or are they the evocation of a single girl who observes the child in her disappearing in order that she transforms into a young woman?

Vesaas’ writing is filled with sweeping Nordic landscapes, celebrating a natural fairyland of cristalline sounds, using clear yet profound words.

— Emmanuelle Vo Dinh

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La forêt de glace
Freely adapter from the novel of Tarjei Vesaas Le Palais de glace (Babel editions, traduction Jean-Baptiste Coursaud)

Concept et scenography Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh
Photographies and films Laure Delamotte-Legrand
Collaboration and interprétation Alexia Bigot, Cyril Geeroms, Camille Kerdellant, David Monceau
Assistant Violette Angé
Text Le Palais de glace - extraits librement inspirés du roman de Tarjei Vesaas
Music Olyphant
Light design Françoise Michel
Video Jean-François Domingues
Costumes Laure Delamotte-Legrand, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh
Confection Cyril Geeroms, Salina Dumay
Conception and accessories production Christophe Gadonna
Technical manager Benoît Duboc

Duration 50 minutes

Production PAVILLON-S, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh
Production du Phare, Centre chorégraphique national du Havre Normandie (2020)
Partner  Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre
Thanks to Jean-Paul et Dominique Genoud, Hélène Dony, Maximilien Sautai
Pavillon-s is supported by le Ministère de la culture – direction générale de la création artistique, the Région Normandie, the Département de l'Eure, the Département de Seine-Maritime and the Ville de Rouen.

Calendrier de tournée
November 17, 18, 19th 2020 – Création à huis-clos, Le Phare CCN du Havre Normandie
January 28th 2021, 10:00 & 14:00 – Pôle Culturel Evasion, Ambarès-et-Lagrave, Festival POUCE!
July 17th 2021, 15:00 & 19:00 – Festival Pharenheit, Le Havre
March 3rd 2022, 10:00 & 14:30 – Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux, Gonfreville l’Orcher
March 4th 2022, 10:00 & 14:00 – Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux, Gonfreville l’Orcher
March 4th 2022, 15:00 – Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux, Gonfreville l’Orcher
May 4th 2022, 18:30 – Le Phare, programmation du Volcan Junior - Scène nationale, Le Havre
May 5th 2022, 10:00 & 14:30 – Le Phare, programmation du Volcan Junior - Scène nationale, Le Havre
May 6th 2022, 10:00 & 14:30 – Le Phare, programmation du Volcan Junior - Scène nationale, Le Havre
Sept 30th 2022, 14:00 & 19:30 – Le Rive Gauche, scène conventionnée danse de St-Étienne-du-Rouvray
February 2nd 2023, 10:00 & 14:00 – L’Arsenal, scène conventionnée danse de Val-de-Reuil
March 12th 2023, 15:00 – Théâtre Charles Dullin, Grand-Quévilly
March 13th 2023, 10:00 – Théâtre Charles Dullin, Grand-Quévilly
January 9th 2024, 9:45 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 9th 2024, 14:15 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 10th 2024, 9:45 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 11th 2024, 9:45 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 11th 2024, 14:15 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 12th 2024, 9:45 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 12th 2024, 14:15 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
January 13th 2024, 17:30 - Théâtre du Beauvaisis, scène nationale de Beauvais
February 22nd 2024, 10:00 - Dieppe scène nationale
February 22nd 2024, 14:30 - Dieppe scène nationale
February 23rd 2024, 10:00 - Dieppe scène nationale
February 23rd 2024, 14:30 - Dieppe scène nationale
February 24th 2024, 11:00 - Dieppe scène nationale
October 17th 2024, 10:00 - Le Théâtre scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire
October 17th 2024, 14:30 - Le Théâtre scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire
October 18th 2024, 14:30 - Le Théâtre scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire
October 18th 2024, 19:00 - Le Théâtre scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire
February 25th 2025, 14:30 - Espace Marc Sangnier, Mont Saint-Aignan
February 25th, 19:00 - Espace Marc Sangnier, Mont Saint-Aignan
November 14th 2025 10:00 - La scène 5, Louviers
November 14th 2025 14:30 - La scène 5, Louviers