BRUNO

A piece by Alix Eynaudi / Lighting design Bruno Pocheron

Factual Description by Jan Maertens

Seated and waiting for the performance to start, i couldn't help to catch a glimpse of the gigantic LightMachine installed on stage and waiting for us in the semi-darkness. The house lights dim and it was by surprise that the stage got boldly lit by another light source than (from within) the LightMachine. A series of 3 consecutive prominent light ignitions from behind my back install a super bright white-light-to-become: we can undeniably recognise the ignition of gas lights with their transitions over brief moments of an explicit underweight of other than some greenish and reddish parts of the visible spectrum. All this leading to the establishment of a boldly angled and swiftly bright white overhead front light universe to a first part of the choreography with dancers nicely doubled out by their long and sharp shadows onto the white dance vinyl. No further light changes. The staged LightMachine stays idle, be it merely providing a spatial context for the choreography while casting its own shadow onto the back wall.

Black out and more Silence. Ready for part 2? Not yet. First we have to sit out the silent black out. Great!

Still in the dark, a sound scape, clearly coming from what-was-thought-to-bea-LightMachine, establishes itself.

Credits

The fellowship of BRUNO is composed of Hugo Le Brigand, Mark Lorimer, Alix Eynaudi, Cécile Tonizzo, An Breugelmans, Bruno Pocheron, Paul Kotal