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Piano de Feu




Piano de feu is, above all, poetry. Poetry on wheels. It is a visual and musical performance, moving from streets to market squares, alleyways, parks, cities, villages, festivals, riversides and fields...


What is it?

Poetry and dream in a wandering musical show

In the street, on town squares, even in your garden if you have room!

Real fire, real sound, real words…

Symphonic revolution, industrialisation of word, cultural epidemic.

The note-maker pushes in front of him a baroque stage which carries the voices of the world.

He comes with his mechanic and his monkey

He’ll settle on a street corner with his magic anvil, sparks under his foot and a canon full of words.

Helped with the monkey and the mechanic, the Captain plays a farce, called

“OPUS1 and OPUS2"


* The motor is environmentally friendly and silent

Who is it?
The Captain is Jean-Louis Cortès, musician on the stage and in the studio, composer for the theatre and actor on the sideline, trained by the Conservatoires of Mulhouse and Angers, France. He has been composing music for prestigious theatres and directors for the last 20 years, including La Comédie Française in Paris.
Jean-Louis Cortès is also and above all a musician, performing on tours in France, Europe and worldwide with internationally acclaimed performers. He has also worked as a composer, arranger and producer on a wide and varied discography. For details in French, click here.

 



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Technical information

LENGTH OF SHOW: 1x or 2x 60 minutes

AUDIENCE: All ages

SET UP TIME: 45 minutes

TAKE DOWN TIME: 45 minutes

DIMENSIONS OF THE MACHINE ONCE SET UP:
length : 3.50 m – width: 2.10 m – height: 2.80 m

MAXIMUM DISTANCE COVERED: 1.5 km

SET UP AND TAKE DOWN:

Le Piano de Feu is technically autonomous and can operate on most terrain except very soft grounds, like a beach of dry sand. Minimum width for the machine to go through: 3m

Required space for setting up:

  • Parking for a van (length: 5.30m, width: 2.25m, height: 2m) and a trailer (length: 3.80m, width: 2.06m, height: 2m)
  • A covered set up space (sheltered from the weather)
  • A dressing room

THE SHOW

Prior to the show, the itinerary must be agreed.

The machine will be parked at a standstill at the beginning of the show. Its captain will arrive and prepare the machine for the show in front of the audience before pushing the machine-stage to the sound of music and voice.

The captain will stop in a clear space and will climb onto his stage and start the technological, exploding and dream-like show, helped with mechanic and monkey

Then he’ll go again…..


NEXT DAY

In the case of several consecutive days, a secure and lockable space, with a 220V socket, must be provided for the machine.

Dimension of this space:

length: 3.50m, width: 2.10m, height: 1.70m

Promotional Material

High definition promotional images (300 dpi)

The copyright permits the reproduction of these images for the purposes of promotion linked to the show.

Prices

1-Terms and conditions

  • The prices are based on 1 to 2 performances of 60 minutes per day
  • The fee is calculated on a decreasing sliding scale as from two consecutive days. 
  • Please note that royalties (SACD) are to be added  
  • We will send you quote on request 
  • The contacts are drawn up by the Compagnie Pomme D’Or, the producer

2-Accomodation for 3 people is to be included

3-Transport

Transport by normal roads within the European communitiy is charged at 0.65 (euros) per kilometer from our base in Angers, France.