For this Franco-Norwegian project conducted in collaboration with the theatre students of Nord University in Levanger, Elise Vigneron has chosen to stage the novel The Bridges by Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas. Through this pared-down and profoundly poetic polyphonic narrative, we are drawn into the story of three adolescents who, confronted with a secret tragedy, suddenly drift from the shores of childhood to those of adulthood. Between first stirrings of emotion, the exaltation of life and the song of the earth, this performance unfolds as a choral and dreamlike form where identities multiply, bodies shape landscapes, and speech transforms into song. We are invited to experience a human existence merging with the rhythms of a telluric and powerful nature.
Based on The Bridges by Tarjei Vesaas, english translation: Elizabeth Rokkan, Peter Owen, Edition London (1969), concept and direction: Elise Vigneron, adaptation: Elise Vigneron et Stéphanie Farison, collaboration on direction and actor coaching: Stéphanie Farison, with: Marie Torre Snipen, Kaisa Marie Brøndbo Rød, Hedda Stenerud Steien, Jakob Figenschau, Linnea Selvik Hellesøy, Josephine Larsen, Therese Bilfeldt, Lucca Olivia Duff, Celeste Faurschou, Brynjar Heiberg, Peder Sandøy, Ådne Klæboe Rossavik, Ulrik Wasmuth and Magnus Stokkeland, puppetry coach: Chloée Sanchez, puppet construction: Elise Vigneron and Vincent Debuire, assisted by Ines Ferrandes, Ninon Barthe and Eliott Aubey, puppet sculpture: Arnaud Louski-Pane, assisted by Vincent Debuire, Alma Roccella and Ninon Larroque, scenography construction: Tim Lucassen, technician: Svein Inge Neergard, assistant director and performer: Mira Bjørnskau, production: Théâtre de l’Entrouvert, coproduction: Nordland Visual Theatre – Figurteatret, Université Nord à Levanger, Nordland County Council, support: Vélo Théâtre, Apt (84) / Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Apt (84) / Été culturel soutenu par le ministère de la Culture