How do you grow up in an ever-changing world?
MIKRO, Cas Public's new creation, plunges into the great adventure of learning. A blend of dance, language and music, the work explores the sensitive foundations of self-building with aplomb and virtuosity.
Three axes intertwine. First, the game of cuckoo, the first awakening to absence and return, which nourishes the child's imagination. Then the acquisition of words, anchored by the verb to be, which structures thought and forges identity. Finally, the music, inspired by Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos - both a musical work and a method designed to introduce his son to the piano - becomes the soundtrack to this poetic journey.
Created by Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover, this creation leads us to be, appear and disappear, questioning the ephemerality of the things in life. Through a hypnotizing dialogue between movement, speech and sign language, MIKRO gives shape to the invisible and gives rhythm to the space of apparitions and metamorphoses, where each gesture unveils the mysterious meaning of becoming.
MIKRO is a playful, sensory voyage, an invitation to see differently, to listen differently, to feel fully. With this work, Cas Public continues the momentum of its last thirty years, in which wonder never ceases to surprise all audiences, young and old. This inventive, accessible and resolutely contemporary proposal is imprinted on us, without ever disappearing.
Choreography : Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover
Dancers : Adrian Maxwell-Campagna, Alexander Ellison, Norika Isomura, Leah Hamel and Arnaud Mongeon
Rehearsals : Shawn Hounsell
Music : Mikrokosmos of Béla Bartòk
Set and Lighting design : Myriane Lemaire and Hélène Blackburn
Costumes : Michael Slack and Hélène Blackburn
Production Cas Public
Coproduction : Agora de la danse
International touring : CAPAS • Label de danse
Suitable for all audience, ages 6 and up
Approximately 50 minutes
5 dancers
Creation 2025