Radio Vinci Park

Théo Mercier and François Chaignaud

Photo : Erwan Fichou

Premiere show on March 24th 2016 at the Ménagerie de verre, Paris, as part of the Festival Étrange Cargo

From Monteverdi to Brahms, by way of the major classics, Radio Vinci Park revisits the disquieting strangeness of the underground parking lot, the place of all fantasies tied to our contemporary infernos, where a motormachian ritual between the choreographer François Chaignaud, the motorcycle stuntman Cyril Bourny, and the harpsichordist Marie-Pierre Brébant unfolds — three skills involving three different body/machine relationships. Somewhere between taming act, courtship dance, kidnapping, duel and attack…this ritual gradually transforms the parking lot into an arena.

In 2023, as part of the Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, the duo creates a new version, Radio Vinci Park Reloaded. There are now five of them on the dancefloor, which soon gets out of control and the mechanics of fantasy get out of control.

Cast

  • Théo Mercier

    Stage director

  • François Chaignaud

    Choreography, singing and performance

  • Marie-Pierre Brébant

    Harpsichord, musical arrangements

  • Mario Bar­rantes-Espi­no­za, Daniel Wendler

    Singing (in the Reloaded version)

  • Cyril Bourny

    Stunt

  • Florent Jacob

    Artistic collaboration

  • Fran­çois Boulet

    Technical collaboration and technical director

  • Antho­ny Mer­laud, Florent Jacob

    Technical director

  • Serge Lacourt

    Sound technician

  • A PROPIC – Line Rousseau – Marion Gauvent

    International dissemination

Production and Co-production

  • Executive Production

    Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie and Alma Office

  • Co-production

    La Ména­ge­rie de verre – Paris, Fes­ti­val Acto­ral – Mar­seille, La Bâtie –Fes­ti­val de Genève, CDN Nanterre-Amandiers