Le Vertige du virage

As part of the cultural program of La Verrerie d’Alès, Pôle National Occitanie.

As part of the cultural program of Le Plongeoir, Pôle National Cirque Le Mans.

Duet for a (real) bartender and an actor

What was the risk of refusing a drink at the court of Peter the Great?

Would bacteria, water and sugar have been enough for Australopithecus to invent his first beer?

Did Stalin’s personal bottle really contain alcohol?

Le Vertige du Virage
tackles these questions, and many others, through a journey of inebriation and lucidity.

A zany, passionate counter researcher explores the history of inebriation and engages in a dialogue with a juggling bartender who knows a thing or two about the culture of spirits.

A little circus of the drunken and the absurd,
Le Vertige du Virage
features drinking together, euphoria and conviviality.

Barthélémy Goutet – Actor

He discovered theater in 1990 at the Théâtre du Campagnol (now La Piscine) in Chatenay Malabry. He takes part in the creation of shows often based on improvisation. His work focuses on the body, movement, dance and clowning (Pièce d’amour, collective creation, Le grand ménage, directed by Marie Noelle Peters, Les petites fuites, collective creation, directed by Emmanuel Audibert).
At the same time, he attended various training courses and workshops on mask and clown work. In 1994, he met the Jolie Môme company and performed three shows with them. From 1996 to 1998, he worked in bars with Patrick Gratien Marin (director) in a duo (Tout contre) and then solo (Rouge coeur). “This experience exhausts me and puts me in danger,” he says.

Following an invitation from Emmanuel Audibert, he took part in the creation of Cirque 360 with Cie 36 du Mois, exploring big top theater and the world of cabaret. In 2007, he came up with the idea of “camping theater”, a caravan converted into a mini-theater in which he presents short plays often aimed at adults.

It was against this backdrop that he wrote and performed L’anteclown as a solo act, and then directed a version for indoor theater, also imagining the set design and lighting.
In 2014, he worked with the Mack et les gars company, mounting Naissance d’un chef d’oeuvre.
In 2016, he joined Les Singuliers for the collective creation Entre, based on an original idea by Vincent Berhault.
In 2017, he directed Pour en finir avec l’anteclown, a short film.
Là, y’a un trou. He’s a boxer.
In 2021, he returns to Mack et les gars with Nous étions debout et nous le savions pas by Catherine Zambon.
In 2022, Mack et les gars again, collective creation: Bart & Balt.
And he reprises his role in K ou le paradoxe de l’arpenteur, directed by Régis Hebette.
He is also stage manager for Le plus petit cirque du monde. And “A bit of film, a bit of TV and a few commercials”.

Jonathan Scialom – Bartender and trainer

Following his studies in Business Administration in Montpellier, he joined the restaurant industry, first as a pizzaiolo, then as a store manager. His strong attraction to the world of nightlife led him to the European Bartender School in Montreuil, where he obtained a diploma.

It was here that he discovered the Flair (November 2020) and developed his knowledge. Unfortunately, bars and restaurants didn’t reopen for more than 8 months, so he intensively practiced the Flair and continued to cultivate his knowledge of mixology and, more generally, the history of beverages and how they are made. Thanks to a meeting with the bar manager of a major luxury restaurant and bar group in Paris, he was called in to be part of the opening team.

Flair quickly calls him back. He adopts the status of self-entrepreneur in order to work on events with the school team. She offered him a job as a trainer for new students. Today, he devotes himself fully to school and performance, with the ambition of constantly improving his level. That’s why it’s starting its first national competitions in 2023.

Vincent Berhault

Author, director, performer and director of the Maison des Jonglages, Vincent Berhault has been evolving in the world of creative circus for 25 years. He has supported, with the company Les Singuliers, the production and creation of numerous projects in France and abroad. Trained as a juggler, he has worked on pieces where body, object, music and text are intimately linked. A graduate in anthropology and international relations, he has initiated transnational creative projects, in particular with Turkey.

In 2017, he directed Entre, a play about exile and borders. He also pursues research around art and science devices and considers these exchanges as a stimulation for creativity in the arts. Since 2019, he has been an associate artist at the Iremam laboratory (Institut de Recherches et d’Études sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans).

By putting his various skills at the service of the Maison des Jonglages, he works to promote and develop this unique project in Europe and supports a transversal approach where juggling mixes with other artistic expressions as well as sports and science. .