the force of life and love
DETAILS
Duration : 55 minutes
Audience : All ages / 8 years old+
Seating : 32 / show
Frequency : 2 performances / day

Caminando & Avlando retraces the path of a woman, Jeanne Nadjari whose love for her cousin Henri saved her from the concentration camps during World War II. Despite her life punctuated by many exiles, this survivor relentlessly progressed along her path searching for a welcoming land, the country that would become her own. A place where, she would say, her family could live peacefully.

Created like a documentary,Caminando & Avlando  testifies to the great events of the 20th century that have disrupted millions of lives and are registered in space and time. There are important dramatic events that have marked La Nona’s journey forever.

CAST & CREATIVE
Text
Agnès Zacharie

Stage director
Martin Genest
Assisted by Pier Porcheron

Interpretation and manipulation
Agnès Zacharie
Pierre Robitaille
Henri Chalem

Puppets
Pierre Robitaille
Assisted by Annabelle Roy,
Zoé Laporte,
and Morgane Barbry

Sound Designer
Pascal Robitaille
Alexandre Zacharie

Lighting and video
Henri-Louis Chalem

Coproduction
Théâtre La Comète de Châlons en Champagne

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The magnificent Nona is an instantly lovable character: from her mind, simple, yet meaningful words flow forth and from her life experience, intriguing, unresolved mysteries unravel. […] Nona is the very embodiment of resilience driving the forces of life and love. This incursion into a minute piece of history, strategically carried by anecdote-based writing, dons a powerfully evocative human dimension.

Alain-Martin Richard
Revue JEU, August 20th 2012

TECHNICAL SHEET

LOCATION
A flat ground, calm and safe to welcome the bus.

SPECIFICITY : One has to take into account the size of the bus (space needed for turning) in order to determine if the location is suitable for the show.

SIZE
H 3.2  x  W 3  x  L 13  (meters)

ELECTRICITY
Two independent electric circuits of 15 Amps close to the bus.
(40 meters max.)

LOGE
A dressing room must be provided for the actors.

SCHEDULE
During tours, one has to plan two consecutive days at the same location to get the bus ready for the show.

DOWNLOAD THE FILE
technical_caminando.pdf

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Pictures and video documentaries are emphasized with live, superimposed screenings, puppets and shadow figures. Aboard a bus converted into a plane, this journey unfolds in an astonishingly seamless flow across time and space. But most importantly, the audience is drawn into a near serene state despite the utter tragedy of the story.

Éric Moreault
Le Soleil, August 2012

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