Following Beethoven and his heroic symphony, Kaputt asserts itself as an act of bravery destined to fail. “Eroica”, with its cuts, bursts, bombardments and ceasefires… But also, its enthusiasm. Rather than disillusion, Kaputt talks about the art of voluntary wrecking and the heroism of failure. This is perhaps all that bodies can still claim as ambition, as a possession: to exhaust themselves… to what they are incapable of, to support an impossible symphony or to succeed in a performance. How then does the body fail? Heroic as it is vain, the loss of the body is cultivated more than having it. It will be taught not to know. Kaputt is a rescue by failure. A pointless act of necessary bravery.

Designer, choreographer Sylvain Huc
Assistants Loran Chourrau and Cécile Grassin
Performers Pierre-Michaël Faure, Cécile Grassin, Sylvain Huc, Lise Vermot, (created with the participation of Blandine Pinon)
Costume designer Rachel Garcia
Stage manager Pierre Masselot
Musical program Symphony No.3 « Eroica » – Ludwig van Beethoven

Duration 60 mins

Production Faits & Gestes

Coproducers and partners

CDC de Toulouse/Midi-Pyrénées as part of the network “[DNA] Departures and Arrivals”, co-funded by the Creative Europe Project of the EU,l’Usine Centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public (Tournefeuille / Toulouse Métropole), the Espace Herbauges aux Herbiers. Sponsors: the théâtre de Cahors, the city of Tournefeuille, Ramdam – a space for artistic creation and resources in Ste Foy-lès-Lyon, the CIAM of the Toulouse University Jean Jaurès, Pôle Sud, CDC in preliminary stage in Strasbourg