Robot, l’amour éternel

Kaori Ito is an artist in perpetual motion. One day she felt the contemporary sensation of time accelerating. She had danced with her father, with her partner, travelled the world, given birth to a boy… and suddenly found herself facing herself. The idea came to her to put herself in the shoes of a robot.

By and with: Kaori Ito
Text, direction and choreography: Kaori Ito
Collaboration on choreography: Gabriel Wong
Collaboration on visual universe: Erhard Stiefel, Aurore Thibout
Composition: Joan Cambon
Technical direction and lighting design: Arno Veyrat
Handling and stage management: Yann Ledebt
Sound design: Adrien Maury
Outsiders: Julien Mages, Zaven Paré (roboticist), Jean-Yves Ruf,
Assistant choreographer: Chiharu Mamiya
Lighting director: François Dareys
Sound manager: Adrien Maury, Coline Honnons (alternating)
Set design: Pierre Dequivre, Delphine Houdas, Cyril Trupin
Production: Améla Alihodzic, Coralie Guibert, Laura Terrieux, Anne Vion
Acknowledgements: Sola Touvet Ito, Théo Touvet, Sarah Benoliel, Estelle Castagnoli, Chiharu Mamiya

Production: TJP CDN de Strasbourg Grand-Est
Coproduction: ADC de Genève,(Suisse) / KLAP, maison pour la danse (Marseille) / MA scène nationale (Pays de Montbéliard) / Lieu Unique (Nantes) / Avant-scène (Cognac) / Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en–Yvelines / Fondation Sasakawa (Japon)
Support: Flux Foundation, (Suisse), Compagnie 111, Aurélien Bory / La Nouvelle Digue (Toulouse) / Fondation BNP Paribas / Ministère de la culture, DRAC Ile-de-France / Région Ile-de- France / Département
du Val-de-Marne.
Kaori Ito is director of the TJP, CDN de Strasbourg – Grand Est, associate artist at the CDN de Normandie-Rouen, at the Centquatre in Paris and in artistic partnership with KLAP Maison pour la danse in Marseille.