La Baleine : Cirque " Nature Morte "

Acclaimed on the world’s greatest stages, the Cirque Le Roux company has established itself as a leading force in contemporary circus.

With *Nature morte*, it presents an intense experience where virtuosity, poetry, and fragility blend together. *Nature morte* is a theater of the almost-nothing. The company invites the audience to let themselves be moved by every sigh, every hesitation, every suspended gesture.

In a poetic absurdity laced with dark humor, the performance becomes an ode to discreet acts of resistance—to those tiny missteps that reveal humanity. In a static set, as if marked by a grandeur of the past, every flaw is designed to evoke emotion.

Cirque Le Roux invites us to reflect on our own fragilities, on what still connects us, deeply, to one another.

Artistic Direction: Philip Rosenberg and Greg Arsenal | Direction: Charlotte Saliou, Philip Rosenberg, and Greg Arsenal | Set Design: Philip Rosenberg, Greg Arsenal, and Benoît Probst | Set Design Concept and Construction: Benoît Probst | Choreography: Maria-Carolina Vieira | Music Composition: Alexandra Stréliski | Costumes: Clarisse Baudinière | Lighting Design: Pierre Berneron | Sound Design: Jimbo Canoville | Administration: Carol Dupr%E9 Bueno | Production Manager: Juliette Grandmottet | Performers: Samuel Charlton, Myriam Deraiche, Kaisha Dessalines-Wright, Mathilde Jimeneza, Tristan Nielsen, Maude Parent, Thomas Parent, Kyran Lee Walton | Co-production: Cirque Le Roux, Quartier Libre, Archaos Pôle National Cirque, Scène nationale / Théâtre d’Orléans, Chaméleon Theater Berlin

For all ages, ages 7 and up - Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes