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As last year at the same time, the Paris Villette theater is programming the incredible show Track, by the company La Boîte à sel during the school holidays. This object theater show, a true symphony for electric trains, captivates both young and old from start to finish.Rebroadcast of the interview conducted last year with the show's team, Laurent Duprat, performer, Adélaïde Poulard, assistant director, Margaux Robin who takes care of the sound, and Annaëlle Audhui of the lights.

They are currently designing a spectacular experience together with a multitude of partners: 90 connected sound objects, called blocks, and an audience of 30 people. Céline Garnavault, from her role as interpreter/director, and sound designer Thomas Sillard, engage here in the game of exchange between humans, around this laboratory of the concrete, from Cie La Boîte à sel, in the form of an immersive and interactive journey.

“If Jacques Tati had entered “the railways” rather than La Poste, Jour de fête would have been turned upside down, just think! And this great clown that we adore would surely have taken service in the ranks of the company La Boîte à sel, headlining a charming weekend: the second festival for young audiences organized at the Antre Peaux. Track, a show that crowns three years of work, marks the meeting of the rail and poetry, with here and there a touch of youthful groove like a mix of the frères Jacques and Massive Attack.Everything happens along a circuit where little elect...

“In our society, we tend to categorize everything, including what we consider to be alive or not. With our theater of connected sound objects, we listen to what weaves between the imagination of humans and objects.”The work developed by the company La Boîte à Sel is permeated by the question of animation in the strong sense, in the idea of “giving life” and bringing the living to the forefront, including in the most unexpected places. Practicing a theater of objects and plastic explorations, Céline Garnavault meets sound creator Thomas Sillard in 2016 and discovers that sou...

There is the show Track, created in November 2021 by Cie La Boîte à sel, which has been touring a lot since – and will be in Gironde between April and June 2022, at Carré-Colonnes, at Larural, at the Chahuts festival. A documentary, L’écho du circuit, has now been added, through which one becomes a privileged witness to the creation of the show, a very nice mediation tool. From the meeting between a creator and sound plastician, Thomas Sillard, and you Céline Garnavault, director and puppeteer, was born what you call a theater of connected sound objects within La Boîte à se...

“ There is a gift aspect: just imagine the look on your children's faces when they discover the mega electric train circuit from Track. It shines, it’s big, it’s full of colors, it’s fascinating! And here comes the station master, the only one who knows this little world: the small wagons, the big locomotive, the night trains, and even the ghost trains… With his voice, he operates the barriers, replays the whistle, the clattering, the engine, the announcements, the rhythm of the machines, all the railway noise… With a watchful eye, to ensure nothing goes off the rails, he i...

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C é l i n e G a r n a v a u l t Actress, director, Compagnie La Boîte à sel, in Bordeaux“Live performance is fragile and poorlytreated, but it will never lose its power of resistance, freedom, struggles, and poetry. There will always be shared shivers and powerful moments that make an audience vibrate, feel alive, and be a community. No one will stop it from sowing art and thought inside, outside, everywhere! So whatever the future holds, may it be supportive, may it care for those who have fallen or find themselves even further away, may it be attentive, humble, generous,...

Despite its closure, the Scène nationale Carré-Colonnes remains a land of creation for artists... Behind closed doors, something can be heard. Music, footsteps, laughter, the sound of a train? Despite its closure, the Scène nationale Carré Colonne, which still offers an alternative program - between home shows or outdoor performances - continues to resonate with the rhythm of creation. Regularly, the Carré-Colonnes indeed welcomes artists who take over its stages to rehearse or work in secret on their next creation...Thus, from January 25 to 29, the company Cie La Boîte à s...

The company La Boîte à sel (Céline Garnavault / Thomas Sillard) has launched two new projects, one of which is aimed at everyone from the age of three.In a few months, in October, the company La Boîte à sel will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Already. For two years now, its show Block has been touring almost all the stages of France. Aimed at all audiences from the age of three, it can be considered one of the great successes of recent seasons. Following the lockdown, the team was able to return to the stages and work on its future projects. The blocks designed by Tho...