The Great Ghosts (2019)
When dancer, choreographer and acrobat Yoann Bourgeois was invited by the Center des Monuments Nationaux to create a performance for the Pantheon in Paris, he chose the fight against gravity as his leitmotif. “The Mechanics of History – an attempt to approach a point of suspension” became a dizzying performance that took place in the ridge of this historic dome. The Great Ghosts is a cinematographic adaptation of this special project in a breathtaking setting. Balance and movement are the starting points for the choreography, with the famous Foucault Pendulum as the constant center. Bourgeois uses trampolines, a turntable and his famous “seesaw of frivolity”, with which he defies gravity and balances between beauty and fear. How far do the dancers dare to go while playing with Foucault’s Pendulum? And for how long?
Directors: Yoann Bourgeois, Louise Narboni.
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Yurié Tsugawa as |
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Elise Legros as |
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Jean-Yves Phuong as |
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Estelle Clément-Béalem as |
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Raphaël Defour as |
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Yoann Bourgeois as |
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Damien Droin as |
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Emilien Janneteau as |
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Lucas Struna as |
| Directing | Yoann Bourgeois | Director |
| Directing | Louise Narboni | Director |
| Crew | Yoann Bourgeois | Choreographer |
| Camera | Pierre-Hubert Martin | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sigolène Petey | Costume Design |
| Sound | Franz Schubert | Music |
| Editing | Louise Narboni | Editor |
| Production | Laurent Lesperon | Producer |
| Sound | Pascal Coulombier | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Philippe Deschamps | Sound Editor |