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Connexio

Cie Tant qu'il y a de la vie

Cet événement est organisé dans le cadre de la Biennale Urbaine de Spectacles (BUS) et à l’occasion de l’ouverture de l’Été du Canal

35 min / For all / Saison culturelle

  • Medium size, Public space

Representation(s)

    The representation has passed

  • Bobigny
  • Saturday 04 July 2026 / 17:00
  • Reception area :François de Larderel Square

  • Free

Vladimir Couprie, this unparalleled devil-dancer, has a wolf friend as his partner. Together, they explore the relationship between humans and canines through the lens of experimental circus. Focusing solely on the essentials and drawing inspiration from the unexpected, their duo creates moments of pure sensitivity and love, imbued with a disarming humanity.
A fascinating interplay of listening and balance. More than a true story—it’s a live story!

“As Long as There Is Life” Company

Under the leadership of Agathe Munsch and Vladimir Couprie, the theater company “Tant qu’il y a de la vie” was founded in the spring of 2024 in Drôme Provençale (France). A performing arts company that seeks to move, challenge, and stir the hearts of those it encounters. A celebration of life, reaching out to everyone through joy, poetry, burlesque humor, and beauty.

Through a variety of disciplines—such as juggling, theater, dog choreography, and many others—the goal is to explore a profound theme that touches on humanity and its place in the world; humanity’s power as well as its flaws. May technique serve as a springboard for creating original works, free from restrictions on form or aesthetics, and without ever losing sight of our primary concern: to create with and for people. Its dedicated partners tirelessly seek out hidden gems, operating on the principle that nothing is taken for granted and that there is always more to explore.

Like a rolled die, they never know which side will come up: Sensitivity, connection, diversity…!

[Distribution]

  • Créateurs, interprètes et co-auteurs :
  • Vladimir Couprie & son loup-ami(e)
  • Metteur en piste, concepteur sonore et co-auteur :
  • Christophe Morisset
  • Compositeurs, musiciens sur enregistrements et co-auteurs :
  • Pauline Leblond (bugle et trompette)
  • Toine Cnockaert (Batterie)
  • Musiciens en Live :
  • Michel Paré (Trompette)
  • Toine Cnockaert (Batterie)
  • Réalisateur de la bande sonore (prise de son, mixage, editing), sonorisateur :
  • Renaud Carton De Tournai
  • Créatrice costume, conseillère scénographie et accessoires :
  • Aline Breucker
  • Créateurs lumières et régisseurs :
  • Nicolas Diaz
  • Alexis Dansin
  • Technicien général :
  • Vladimir Couprie
  • Scénographie et réalisation de la piste :
  • Elodie Dauguet
  • Illustratrice-Peintre (Dessins) :
  • Nathalie Novi

[Production]

PRODUCTION: Collectif Curieux (Carré Curieux, Cirque Vivant!) / Hajimé asbl-vzw

CO-PRODUCERS: Théâtre de Liège La Brèche, Pôle National Cirque Normandie/ Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in partnership with Espace Culturel Buisson, Festival Namur en Mai, MARS, Mons Art de la Scène, Dommelhof/Theater op de Markt, Chassepierre International Street Arts Festival, La Cascade, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque Rhône-Alpes Ardèche

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS: Wolubilis, Maison Culturelle d’Ath Creation Center—Espace CAR, One Chicken Farm, PERPLX vzw, Latitude 50, Circus and Street Arts Hub; Miramiro vzw; Tournai Cultural Center/La Piste aux Espoirs; Foyer Populaire/Invention Space at the Walloon Brabant Cultural Center; Détours en Tournugeois Festival/Le Galpon, Engis Cultural Center/Les Tchafornis Festival, La Maison des Jonglages/Jean Houdremont Cultural Center in La Courneuve, Wallonia-Brussels International, SACD

 

PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Directorate General for Culture, General Service for the Performing Arts, Department of Circus, Fairground, and Street Arts.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO the Bleizi Asgard kennel, Romy Crétiaux of L’Essentiel Canin, Mathilde the groomer from Saint-Montan, Serge from Nil Obstrat, Sara Lemaire, Ambre Lavignac, Marcel, Cécile, and Claire Peysson, CFPPA of Valdoie, Léa Emonet, Marie Giney of Ad Augusta, Leïla Philippe, and Romain Couprie.

Note: Vladimir Couprie and his wolf friend are artists affiliated with La Cascade, the National Center for Circus Arts in Rhône-Alpes and Ardèche, presenting “ConnexiO” during the 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons.