At the end of a night partying, a sister and brother find each other again. Twenty years before, when they were children, they were united by a close bond, only to be torn apart by a tragedy. Now that they are capable of understanding the collapse of the system that made this traumatic experience possible and acting on a new sensitivity and capacity for analysis, the two adults can imagine a sphere of action as well as a possible future.

With EXTRA LIFE, Gisèle Vienne pursues her exploration of systems of perception. By developing and unfolding the layers of the experience of this moment, this sensitive openness, the choreographer invents a form in which different strata of what constitutes the present experience coexist: past, present, anticipated future, construction of memory, imagination. This intense choreographic work follows a sophisticated and unique artistic language made up of the actors’ and dancers’ performances, Caterina Barbieri’s music, Adrien Michel’s sound design and Yves Godin’s lighting.

Gisèle Vienne’s reflection on perceptual hierarchies takes the form of a heterogeneous collage, created in collaboration with and performed by Katia Petrowick, Adèle Haenel and Theo Livesey. The result is a distinctive theatrical and choregraphic language in which sensory experiences make thoughts and words possible.

Production : DACM / Company Gisèle Vienne
Coproduction : Ruhrtriennale, Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique, MC93 – Bobigny, MC2 : Grenoble, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg, Tandem - Scène nationale de Douai, Points Communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy Pontoise, CN D Centre national de la danse, Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre, Centre Culturel André Malraux- Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, NTGent, Printemps des Comédiens - Cité du Théâtre Domaine d’O Montpellier Festival d’Automne à Paris, La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse, Comédie de Clermont, International Summer Festival Kampnagel – Hamburg, Tanzquartier Wien, Triennale – Milan, Comédie de Genève