An ephemeral skatepark has landed on the Am Stram Gram plateau
With “Ollie” and its twenty young performers from all disciplines, the Route de Frontenex theater invites public space within its walls.
Whether they dance, jump, trace, play or ride, the twenty young actors of “Ollie” aim high.
ARIANE CATTON BALABEAU
Fffrrrsssccchhhlllrrrououou! How the hell do you transcribe skateboard rolling onto concrete? This inimitable sound, which slides and shears, «Ollie» broadcasts it live, and almost continuously, on the Am Stram Gram stage. Because the new creation of the choreographer Nicolas Musin, rather than bringing live performance into the public space – a movement that has become almost commonplace – invites urban culture to take over the stage. Until Sunday, no less than twenty young dancers, musicians, riders and other tracers are familiar with weightlessness by diving into the hollow of crescent moons, launching themselves into the void from the tops of an XXL skate ramp.