Cécile Léna's world seems like a daydream. Building models intuitively, the scenographer gradually invents stories to populate them. She then invites spectators to enter these spaces without actors, and let themselves be lulled, astonished and moved by narratives told in voice-over. Already welcomed at the 2022 edition, she returns to Paris this summer to present a new installation: Jazz Box, a dive into the history of jazz in eight acts, illustrating as many of the great emblematic currents of the genre: New Orleans, swing, bop and hard-bop. Standing in their Box, in the secrecy of the booth, each visitor, headphones on, embarks on an intimate, musical tour. When a track begins, a new model is unveiled, revealing a new universe, delicate and powerful. Cécile Léna's music shakes up our five senses, unsettles our perceptions and reveals our humanity. Bon voyage...
In the press
Imagine the camera rooms of earlier times... An invitation to the imagination around jazz masterpieces.
Alex Dutilh, Open Jazz on France Musique
A remarkable miniature staging. A magnificent journey.
Ça va djazzer ! - BAC FM
Distribution
Design and production Cécile Léna
Soundtrack Loic Lachaize
Lighting and technical design José Victorien
Texts and musical proposals Philippe Méziat
Exterior module design and production Marc Valladon
Production administration Morgan Helou
Voices Elleni Barral Virna, Jonathan Beagley, Christophe Brioul, Alain Chaniot, Cécile Léna, Stéphanie Moussu, Masahide Otani, Étienne Rolin
Production
Production : Léna d'Azy - Coproduction OARA - Office Artistique de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Conseil général des Landes, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons - Gradignan - Support : Le Carré-Les Colonnes, scène conventionnée Saint-Médard-en-Jalles /Blanquefort, Ville de Bordeaux - Patronage : L'Éclat de Verre /Bordeaux - Léna d'Azy is subsidized by the Conseil régional d'Aquitaine and the Conseil général de la Gironde - Partners: Dominique Labeyrie, Leny Bernay, Phannara Bun, Patricia Chen, Lawrence Davis, Kathryn Flynn Delacôte, Furukawa Delacôte Kaoru, Ruth Fialho, Auriane Roussel, Benji Simmersbach, Nathalie Testelin © photo : Gaël Kerbaol, Phannara Bun
JULY 3 TO 13
FROM 6PM TO 12AM
With the exception of July 5 and 9: until 11PM
FROM 8 YEARS OLD
LOCATION
SALLE D'EXPOSITION
LYCÉE JACQUES DECOUR
12 avenue Trudaine, 75009 Paris
M2 - Anvers station
BUS - 30, 54, 85
Doors open 2 hours before each performance.
Bar on site