Turning our differences into an asset to be shared
Les Subsistances have been focusing for several years on the irregularities of the body and language.
In early 2007, Éric Massé and La Compagnie des Lumas were in residence at Les Subsistances and started a trilogy on mental confinement. For three months they have worked in the theatre workshop with people with psychological trauma from the CATTP / Maison de Tassin. With the help of clowns and plenty of laughs, Éric Massé, together with the medical staff and the participants, was able to explore the concepts of confusion, shifts and alterations of the language. Buoyed up by the relations that were created during this season, this partnership will continue next year with a follow-up to the creative work of La Compagnie des Lumas once a month and probably a new workshop on another topic. By opening creative processes to everyone, we bring quality artistic practices to people who are usually excluded from them. For people suffering from psychosis, whose imagination and symbolisation skills are damaged and who can’t project themselves in the future, theatre and play are a way to “un-stigmatise”. By taking part in this new research cycle of the Compagnie des Lumas, the participants of the theatre workshop of the CATTP really turn their quirks into an asset to be shared with others.
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QUOTATION…
“I’ve always been told that laughing 15 minutes a day is like eating a steak. Now cows look at me with their big eyes as if to say: ‘Thanks Monique, you’re saving our lives’. And I have got my laugh back, thanks to the company.” Monique.
QUOTATION…
“I was scared, just like the participants, and then there was a real meeting of minds, thanks to the stage, to everyone’s strong desire to make this project their own, to the risks we took and the laughs we all had. I was captivated by their presence. A presence in the moment, which means each word, each gesture rings true, and is incredibly emotional and human... This is the place that every artist looks for every day and which is sometimes the essence of their work!”
Éric Massé on the project with the CATTP in Tassin.
