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Mizu

Co-creation cie Furinkaï – Satchie Noro & Théâtre de l’Entrouvert – Élise Vigneron

CO-CREATION CIE FURINKAI – SATCHIE NORO & THÉÂTRE DE L’ENTROUVERT – ELISE VIGNERON – 2025

FOR ALL AUDIENCES AGED 4 AND UP
DURATION: 40 MINUTES

MIZU, meaning “water” in Japanese (水), brings together the worlds of choreographer and circus artist Satchie Noro and puppeteer and director Élise Vigneron.

It is a landscape piece about water, a pas de trois performed by a dancer, an ice puppet, and its puppeteer, a story of suspension, transformation, impermanence, and reflection.

Aerowaves Twenty26 Artist
Satchie Noro – Cie Furinkaï and Élise Vigneron – Théâtre de l’Entrouvert were selected by the European platform Aerowaves for MIZU.

Cast

Artistic direction – stage direction Satchie Noro and Élise Vigneron
Puppeteer Sarah Lascar
Choreography and dance Satchie Noro
Ice puppet design Élise Vigneron
Stage design and construction Éric Noël and Silvain Ohl
Puppet construction Vincent Debuire assisted by Silvain Ohl and Théo Nérestan
Textile design Aurore Thibout
Original music composition Carlos Canales
Sound system design Hans Kunze
Text excerpt Olivier Remaud, Penser comme un iceberg, Babel poche, 2023, p.62-63
Voiceover Millaray Lobos
Sound engineer Karine Dumont alternating with Hans Kunze
Technical manager Éric Noël, Robin Noël or Vincent Debuire
Assistant director Zoé Lizot
Administration & development Cie Furinkaï & Lucie Leclaire
Production : Lola Goret et Émilie Boutet
Diffusion : Émilie Boutet
Communication : Cie Furinkaï & Eva Sylvestre

Production & supports

Production
Compagnie Furinkaï (Satchie Noro) et le Théâtre de l’Entrouvert (Élise Vigneron).

Furinkaï is supported by DRAC Île de France. Théâtre de l’Entrouvert is supported by DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Région Sud, Vaucluse Departmental Council, and the city of Apt.

Coproduction
Théâtre Le Vellein, scènes de la CAPI – Villefontaine (38), Théâtre de Châtillon (92), Les Noctambules – Nanterre (92), Houdremont Centre culturel – La Courneuve (93), Théâtre du Fil de l’Eau – Pantin (93), Théâtre de la Joliette – Marseille (13), La Lisière – lieu de création – Bruyères-le-Châtel (91), Art’R – Paris (75), Sud-Est Théâtre – Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (94), Les Ateliers Frappaz – Centre National des Arts de la Rue et de l’Espace Public – Villeurbanne (69), Points communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise (95)

Supports :
DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, DRAC Île de France, National Aid for Street and Circus Arts Creation, Région Sud, Vaucluse Departmental Council, Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council, City of Paris, Vélo Théâtre – Apt (84), Citron Jaune – CNAREP – Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (13), Le Bercail – Dunkirk (59), Groupe F – Arles (13).

Satchie Noro – Company Furinkaï and Élise Vigneron – Théâtre de l’Entrouvert have been selected by the European platform Aerowaves for MIZU. Aerowaves is co-funded by the Creative Europe’s Platform Programme for the promotion of emerging artists of European Union Commission.

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Technical sheet

Scène Web

“Mizu stages, on a body of water, the ephemeral existence of an ice puppet. During the brief time it melts, this wordless poem delicately conveys the fragility of our lives and the necessity of connecting them.
By Anais Heluin

cult.news

« The audience holds its breath. Life and death play out over these 40 minutes in a philosophical and poetic performance, balancing gentleness and a final surge of strength. In this open-air theater, everything is suspended; the slightest thing can shatter the tranquility of the place and the moment. With demanding technique and a keen sense of pause, the three artists create in Mizu a powerful metaphor for the unpredictability and fleetingness of life.»

By Luna Beaudouin-Goujon le 29/09/2025

cult.news

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