Friday 28 november from 19:30 to 20:30

COMPAGNIE (1)PROMPTU - "Le Roi et l’Oiseau"

Cultural
Festival
Show
Various sports

Théâtre de l'Esplanade, Boulevard Clemenceau, 83300 Draguignan

COMPAGNIE (1)PROMPTU - Le Roi et l’Oiseau_Draguignan

Émilie Lalande's choreographic adaptation of an animated masterpiece is a beautiful and powerful ode to freedom for young and old alike.

Émilie Lalande's choreographic universe is at once highly visual, poetic and musical, making her creations accessible to young and old alike. Inspired by Paul Grimault's film Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Bird), the choreographer tackles themes of freedom, love and oppression with the aim of transcribing, through the dancers' bodies, the musicality and humor of Jacques Prévert's texts.

Quote from the Art Director
In the magical hands of Émilie Lalande, Le Roi et l'Oiseau becomes a show for young and old that fills them with wonder and underlines the strength and beauty of the feeling of love.
Company and choreographer
Émilie Lalande
Trained at the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes, Émilie Lalande was a dancer with the Ballet Preljocaj before creating her Compagnie (1)Promptu in 2015. Her work for young people is based on the link between choreographic writing and music, and willingly diverts objects to stimulate the imagination. She has created works such as Pierre & le Loup (2017), Le Carnaval des Animaux... (2022), PETROUCHKA ou le choix d'Holubichka (2023). she has been an associate artist at the Théâtres en Dracénie (2023) and the Théâtres de Compiègne (2025