G A Ï A is a multi-disciplinary performance using physical theatre, live piano,

organic materials such as clay, wood and leather, voice and Butoh Dance.

 

Our project originates from the creative collaboration of Juliette Mosconi, a french

musician-composer and performer and Jayne Walling, an english- speaking actress

from Canada.

GAÏA is a performance which erases barriers between the arts disciplines.

Here, dance is the flowing link between music and theatre, creating a unique

and visceral language. The live music give a pulsating, raw aspect to the

physical expression. Sharing the stage are two artists of different

nationalities and artistic horizons, further erasing conventional boundaries.

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The project was first born as the final performance for "LES MASQUES ET VOUS", the Festival des Createurs de Masques in Montreuil in November 2015, an event showcasing various mask work from the best known mask and physical theatre professionals in France and Belgium. Recently (May 2016) GAÏA was invited to perform in Possible Memories Festival in Berlin, Germany for an International Performative Festival organized by TATWERK | PERFORMATIVE FORSCHUNG, a production centre and studio for the performing arts in Berlin.

 

In Greek Mythology, GAÏA is the primitive Goddess, more commonly known as the «Mother Goddess». She is our maternal ancestor, the one who gives life to all creatures, human and animal. She is also the symbolic archetype of Planet Earth.
 

GAÏA is a dream-like sound filled journey to the entrails of the earth. Each scene unfolds in a cyclic format, revealing the four seasons reminiscent of live paintings, and maintaining an intense and mysterious atmosphere. It is an ode to the Wild Woman, to animal mythology and sorcery... a universal tale at the intersection of arts, surpassing the division between words and age.

 

GAÏA brings us to her den, and whispers to our ear the original common language of us all. Keeper of secrets and history of the Earth, GAÏA is she who carries in her the echoes of forgotten memories and of our universal intentions.

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"A powerful, cathartic moment!" - Antoine Nowo, president of Créâteurs des Masques, Paris.

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"Moving and magnificent... Thank you for your rare generosity!" Joséphine F.G., director and actor, Paris