Opopop – a circus and juggling company in Dijon

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ON THE NECESSITY
OF GRAVITY

A poetic tale of
a climate emergency

Duration: 55 mins
Suitable for all ages from 6 years old
Created in 2021
Performance available with French Sign Language (LSF) interpretation

Technical
Specifications

Concept and performance:
Karen Bourre and
Julien Lanaud

External perspective:
Fréderique Moreau de Bellaing

Set design:
Eclectik Scèno

Imagine, set at the back of the stage, a neat little tiny house inhabited by a slightly clumsy juggler.
Faced with a daily life that is constantly disrupted, she adapts with humour and panache to the gravity of the times.
She carries on, clinging on in this altered, windy, precarious world, without realising that her habits are partly to blame for the upheaval.
And even if, one day, everything were to fly away, she’d manage just fine and carry on making objects dance.
But what would she do if even gravity were disrupted?

*On the Necessity of Gravity* is a visual performance blending juggling, theatre and magic, which tackles the climate crisis and our relationship with the environment with humour and poetry. A production suitable for all ages from 6 years old, inviting young and old alike to share a thoughtful reflection on our changing world.

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a visual performance by the opopop company, Dijon

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a visual performance by the opopop company from Dijon

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a juggling show about the environment

opopop - On the Necessity of Gravity — a juggling show about the environment

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a juggling show

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a performance about climate change

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a show about climate change

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a visual and poetic performance

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a juggling and theatre show

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a juggling and theatre performance

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a performance about the climate crisis

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — hula hoop

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — juggling and circus show

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — Bourgogne-Franche-Comté circus company

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opopop - On the Necessity of Gravity — a show about plastic pollution

opopop - On the Necessity of Gravity — a show about the environment

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — a show about the environment

opopop – On the Necessity of Gravity — juggling show in Dijon

Juggling to represent everyday life,
Magic to reveal the vertigo of the world,
Humour to survive in between

PAST DATES

To date, *De la Nécessité de la Gravité* has been performed 212 times including at:

Château Rouge - Annemasse (74), Espace des Arts – Scène Nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône (71), Théâtre de Nîmes (31), Festival Au bonheur des mômes – Le Grand Bornand (74), Festival Les P’tits Malins, la MAL – Thonon-les-Bains (74), Boule de Gomme Festival – Angers (49) Maison de la Culture – Gauchy (02), Théâtre Gérard Philippe – Orléans (45), Le Dôme – Théâtre de Saumur (49), MJC Palente, Besançon (25), Centre culturel Jean Pierre Fabrègue – Saint Yrieix (87), Centre Culturel de La Chapelle Saint Luc (10), Saison Culturelle de Quetigny (21), Saint Appolinaire (21), L’écrin – Talant (21), Queulots Folies Festival – Saint Vallier (71), Théâtre Mansart (21), Espace Jean Bouhey – Longvic (21), Gueugnon (71), Semur-en-Auxois Theatre (21), Théâtres des Feuillants – Dijon (21), Théâtre des Forges de Fraisans (39), Le Triangle – Huningue (68), La Conserverie – Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (85), Thouars Theatre (79), L’Imprévu – Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône (95), Le Trait d’Union – Neufchâteau (88), Le Manège – Vienne (38), Le Karavan Théâtre – Chassieu (69), Idéklic Festival (39), Art Rhena – Volgelsheim (68), Espace Aragon – Villard-Bonnot (38), Le Jeu de Paume – Vizille (38), Théâtre Théo Argence – Saint-Priest (69)…...
As part of ‘Arts et Scènes’, Lantenay (21), Clénay (21), Til Chatel (21)

Premiere in October 2021 at Le Cèdre – Chenôve (21)