Daou

OASES

Daou (two in Breton) was born of Erwan and Alban’s desire to share their research, experimentation and friendship with audiences: without any artifice, they sculpt the air of the chosen venue.

For Daou is a project that can only be performed in spaces that are not dedicated to live performance: in barns, industrial buildings, churches, sheds, halls, museums, galleries, gymnasiums, school playgrounds, beaches, forests…

Spectators-listeners wander around the two performers for the duration of this musical and choreographic performance.

In Daou, Alban Richard’s physical and vocal practice relies on the vocalization of breath, the expansion and compression of air within his body, to shape a dance made up of apneas, inhalations and exhalations, restraint and explosions of energy, recurring motifs and the exploration of the emerging unknown. The relationship with air immediately evokes throat games, invocations of spirits and pagan trance rituals…

Erwan Keravec, a bagpiper, is researching peripheral sounds and the ways in which his instrument is played and listened to. Far removed from his native culture, he explores improvised music, from free jazz to noise, and builds up a repertoire of contemporary music for solo bagpipe, or trio with voice and choir. Curious about movement, relationships and situations conducive to reinvention, he also composes, plays and improvises for dance

Alban Richard & Erwan Keravec

Bagpipes and dance Erwan Keravec

Dance and voice Alban Richard

Costumes Clément Vachelard

Director of production Mathieu Hilléreau

Executive producer OASES

Produced by the Centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie & Compagnie Offshore

OASES is subsidised by the French Ministry for Culture – Direction générale de la création artistique.

Offshore is an association recognized by the Ministry for Culture (DRAC Bretagne) and funded by the Région Bretagne.