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NATURE MORTE - STILL LIFE
PREMIERES
FMTM - CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES
Company Yôkaï premieres
Nature Morte - Still Life
at Centre Culturel de Nouzonville
Saturday Sept. 16th, 3 pm and 10 pm
Sunday Sept. 17th, 2 pm and 6 pm
ANIMAGINARIUM
LABORATORY
CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES
A portmanteau word where soul, animal, magic, imagination and vivarium intertwine, the Animaginarium is a lab-space where “new” and “antiquated” forms of technology meet. It is a transient place, a threshold between different worlds, challenging perceptions and reawakening dormant imaginations
from September 4th to 24th
at 4-6 rue Pierre Gillet
Charleville-Mézières
RÉVEIL INVISIBLE
LOS ANGELES - NEW YORK
VILLA ALBERTINE
The research project Invisible Awakening has been selected among 50 residency projects as part of the 2024 season of Villa Albertine. Three members of the company Yôkaï will do a two-month research residency in May and June 2024 in New York and Los Angeles.
NATURE MORTE - STILL LIFE
RESIDENCY
THÉÂTRE DE CLAMART (92)
The company Yôkaï will be hosted at Théâtre de Clamart for a production residency from July 10 through 22, 2023
The show will be presented there on March 14 and 15, 2024.
RÉVEIL INVISIBLE
LOS ANGELES - NEW YORK
VILLA ALBERTINE
The research project Invisible Awakening has been selected among 50 residency projects as part of the 2024 season of Villa Albertine. Three members of the company Yôkaï will do a two-month research residency in May and June 2024 in New York and Los Angeles.
NATURE MORTE - STILL LIFE
RESIDENCY
FIGURTEATRET i NORDLAND
The company Yôkaï is hosted at the Figureteatret I Nordland in Stamsund Norway – run by Yngvild Aspeli – for a three-week production residency.
Dedicated to puppets and visual theater, this venue has a stage and multiple workshops. It’s the ideal setting to workshop ideas and create puppet work as one can go back and forth between the stage and the shop.
GIMME SHELTER
FESTIVAL MARTO
THÉÂTRE DE CHÂTILON (92)
The MARTO puppet and object theater festival presents GIMME SHELTER for four performances at Théâtre de Châtillon (92)
- Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4 pm and 8:30 pm
- Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:30 pm and 6 pm
NATURE MORTE - STIILL LIFE
RESIDENCY
LA MADELEINE À TROYES
The company Yôkaï is hosted at the Madeleine Theater in Troyes for a two-week residency from February 13 throught 25
The show will perform there in December 2023
NATURE MORTE - STILL LIFE
RESIDENCY
LA NEF À ST-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES
The company Yôkaï is hosted at the Nef - Pôle Spectacle Vivant in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges for a two-week production residency from December 5 through December 16, 2022.
The show will perform there on January 12, 2024
INVISIBLE AWAKENING
US TRIP
SEPTEMBER 2022
As part of the research project Invisible Awakening, five members of the company Yôkaï go on a research trip to the US to study commonalities in the field of invisible animation in film and theater
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INVISIBLE AWAKENING
US TRIP
ENCOUNTER
As part of the research project Invisible Awakening, five members of the company Yôkaï met the team of creature supervisors from the Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Los Angeles, creature designers and movie VFX artists as well as live performance puppeteers based in New York and Los Angeles.
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CREATION 2023
UNVEILING OF TITLE
JUNE 2022
The company Yôkaï unveils the title of thier new work :
nature morte
A deliberately thought-provoking and open-ended title
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of Nature Morte on
GIMME SHELTER
ALSACE TOUR
The show GIMME SHELTER tours the Grand Est region in March 2022
- March 4-5, 2022
- March 11-12, 2022
La Nef in Saint Dié des Vosges (88)
- March 17-18, 2022
- March 24-25, 2022
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GIMME SHELTER
FESTIVAL A PAS CONTÉS
DIJON
The Festival A Pas Contés hosted by the ABCDijon presents the show GIMME SHELTER for 5 performances
- February 4-5, 2022
PARCOURS STARTER
Culture gets featured in a junior high school
Département Côte d'Or
Workshop program #wakeupcrature with students of the Boris Vian junior high school in Talan (France)
30 hours of workshops
CREATION 2023
RESIDENCY
NATIONAL DRAMA CENTER BESANÇON
The company Yôkaï was hosted for a two-week creative residency. The team was able to try out the first stage design principles and work on the various qualities of smoke, a material that will be one of the main performers of this new production.
INVISIBLE AWAKENING
INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES
Launch of research program
INVISIBLE AWAKENING
The company Yôkaï inaugurated its research program in a ground-breaking and mysterious way at the last edition of the FMTM
September 17-21, 2021
INVISIBLE AWAKENING
MAILLON
THÉATRE DE STRASBOURG
Featured in "l'Âge d'or"
Chantiers à ciel couvert
Le Maillon-Théâtre de Strasbourg
hosts Invisible Awakening project
in residence
March 15 through 19, 2021
MONSTERS AND CREATURES
SCHUMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
REIMS
Reflecting the work of Léonard Foujita, the Yôkaï Company curates the immersive workshop program
"Monsters and creatures"
for three weeks
March 22 through April 19, 2021
Six 5th grade ans 6th grade classses
three GIMME SHELTER performances
more than 100 hours of wokshops
a documentary film
Sponsors
GIMME SHELTER
ALSACE TOUR
The show GIMME SHELTER tours
the Grand Est Region :
January 22/23, 2021
January 29/30, 2021
February 4/5, 2021
February 12/13, 2021
La Nef à Saint Dié des Vosges (88)
POSTPONED
TO MARCH 2022
INVISIBLE AWAKENING
FIRST RESEARCH RESIDENCY
At International Puppet Theater in Charleville-Mézières, France
October 19th through November 20th, 2020
As part of the NAPP-program Europe Creative
GIMME SHELTER
SLOVENIA TOUR
The show GIMME SHELTER tours Slovenia
September 25th, 2020
October 2nd, 2020
Lutke International Festival, Ljubljana
Professional panel organized by
Lukte Festival and Institut Français
October 3rd, 2020
New aesthetics in puppetry