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An ecological fable between music and puppet, East and West, yesterday and today.

 

 

 

In cooperation with the Hunan Puppet and Shadow Art Protection and inheritance Center, Doulce Mémoire present a Franco-Chinese show blending the two traditional arts of Chinese shadow theatre and western Renaissance music. The show tells the initiatory journey of Petit Panda through its encounters with a monkey, a crocodile, a phoenix…

 

Little Panda comes into the world in a luxuriant nature but very soon the difficulties begin. The hospitable forest is shrouded in heavy, heavy fog. This musical tale reflects on ecological and environmental issues facing nations.

 

 

 

 

Artistic Direction: Denis Raisin Dadre
Director of the Shadow Theatre: Peng Zeke
Staging: Vanasay Khamphommala
Lighting Design: Juliette Besançon

 

Doulce Mémoire: Clara Coutouly (soprano), Miguel Henry (lute, renaissance guitar), Denis Raisin Dadre (shawms, recorders), Bruno Caillat (percussions)

Hunan Chinese Shadow Theatre: Jianghong Man, Shunhua Xiao, Ke Xiao, Fan Zhang, Jie Zou, Peng Zeke (puppeteers)