Gaïa

2026 production (Premiere on June 26th, 2026 – Festival Regarde! – Arès – Gironde – 33)

Seeing and listening the world differently

Gaïa, meaning “Mother Earth,” explores the bonds that unite us with the environment. Having disrupted its harmony and threatened its balance, how can humanity inhabit the world with sensitivity? In this contemporary circus production, acrobats, technicians, and musicians play with the instability of an original, constantly shifting set design to find balance: poetry can then emerge here and there, at any moment. This contemplative narrative, sustained by suspense, invites us to become aware of the impact, positive or negative, that our lives have on our planet.

With Gaïa, the Bivouac Company invites us to look at the world differently, to better understand it so that each of us may reflect on our relationship with the living world. Ultimately, this production invites us to perceive the fragile power of a nature shaped by humans and to imagine together how to experience it with sensitivity.

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Authors: Maryka Hassi and Benjamin Lissardy
Director: Maryka Hassi
Artistic advisor: Kitsou Dubois
Set designer: Alice Bleton
Acrobats-dancers: Dolores Calvi, Alba Faivre et Benjamin Lissardy
Music composition, live musician and performer: Yanier Hechavarria
On-stage technician: Fanch Péricault
Light designer and manager: Simon Drouart
Constructors: Sud Side – Marseille

Production: Compagnie Bivouac

Co-producers: L’OARA – Office Artistique de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Sur Le Pont – CNAREP en Nouvelle-Aquitaine avec la Ville d’Aytré dans le cadre des Transhumances Littorales, le Fourneau – CNAREP en Bretagne, la citéCirque – Ville de Bègles, l’IDDAC – Agence Culturelle du Département de la Gironde, Ville d’Arès, Odysca – Biscarosse, l’École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault et Sud Side – Marseille, TOPADA Fabrika – Louhossoa, Cirqu’intérieur – École de cirque mais pas que… – Périgny.