Eclipse

Eclipse... The light is veiled for a few moments. The darkness, however momentary, plunges her into confusion, fear and even terror.
What's going on, she doesn't recognize anything anymore?
She's walking through a deep, eerie forest, not knowing where she is or where to go. She's totally alone. Abandoned?! She breaks down, cries, curses and falls asleep.
And then, when she wakes up, she sees a glimmer of light in the distance, a door ajar, she crosses the threshold and enters... She sits down by the fire. It was as if... she'd been expecting... there...

The "Eclipse" residency is a week of storytelling research. By delving into the oral writing and acting of several traditional tales, Aline Gardaz and Danièle Chevrolet work on the relevance and effects of oral storytelling in our time, and in parallel, on the impact of the traditional tale on the human psyche.
Does the tale, with its emblematic characters and the situations they describe in a context that may seem outdated, still have a place in contemporary times? Should it be adapted? Should we change the context?
The tale, in its narrative construction, invokes characters who represent archetypes: feminine and masculine principles, forces of destruction and creation, courage, wisdom, joy... It is also set in contexts that are more symbolic than socio-political; the challenges it describes - crossing the abyss, the quest for light, the principles and values to be developed to sustain the fire of life... - still raise questions.
Like an alchemical work, the very heart of storytelling acts on souls: weaving close relationships between the living through oral narration, speaking of our origins through the images it uses, nourishing our deepest questioning through the metaphors it conveys, and showing us that there are challenges to be met in order to meet and find one's own voice. For at the heart of every being, there is a kingdom.

Further information on the storyteller: www.alinegardaz.ch


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