François Chaignaud & Aymeric Hainaux: Mirlitons

About this event

A mirliton —depending on the context—can be a children’s flute, a coin, a pastry, a military hat, a bad poem.

Here—it is an encounter between two bodies and two universes of performance, creating a mischievous and swirling space for listening, for challenging, for connecting, for dissolving.

François Chaignaud (France) is a choreographer, dancer, singer and performer—whose practice shows equal reverence to the history of dance and to collaborations that highlight different artistic forms.

Aymeric Hainaux (France) is a musician and one of the world’s leading beatboxers.

In Mirlitons, they meet in a total saturation of frequencies and swirling muscles: something between a concert, a battle, a ritual, a dance, a union.

Elusive, polysemic, impossible to put your finger on—like a mirliton.

From PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance