HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR WAY IN THE DARK ?
Music x Poetry x Cinema
@Clothilde Bertin Lalande
Cleo T. composes dream-like melodies of wild romanticism, inspired by film noir and symbolist poetry. Her sensual and haunting songwriting is carried by a deep emotional voice and a romantic instrumentarium resounding magic pianos, powerful cellos and atmospheric guitars. Her work could be described as a sound and visual poetry experience, with multimedia live shows conceived as imaginary travels.
She is currently working on her third album entitled How Do You Find Your Way in the Dark?. The album will be accompanied by an experimental movie, following the narrative story of the record. The show will include the music, the video and the poetry material in a cinematic performance.
PROJECT
@Clothilde Bertin Lalande
Darkness and dawn.
To stay and to depart. Motionless journey, the show is conceived as a storyboard that scrolls to the sound of magical pianos and cello ensembles. Resonances of the world, field recordings, birdsong and summer rain; the song spread in echo chambers. How Do You Find Your Way in the Dark? is a dive into the dreamlike and intimate music of Cleo T., written as an ultra-sensitive poetic sound piece.
If the title evokes the last line of Marylin in John Huston's masterpiece, the universe of Cleo T. is inspired by a singular cut up: memories of Chopin and romantic lieder, fragments of surrealist writings and pictures of travels to distant lands.The album is a narrative poem, we meet trees, the ocean, the bird, the forest. The minimal instrumentarium of piano, cello and guitar accompanies the singer's ethereal and deep voice, with delicate lyricism and spectral choirs.
With this new performance, Cleo T. continues her artistic exploration, mixing music, image and literature. The recording will be accompanied by an experimental film whose contemplative and organic sequences will serve as visual backdrops for the concert.
EXTRACTS
You are the wind
You are the trees
You are the ocean
You are the shadow
You are forever
You are the hereafter
You are the poem
You are not here
You are like flowers
You are wild
You are wild
Be wild at heart !
Je rêve de forêts de rêves
Je réveille doucement le ciel
Je marche avance par
Les forêts et les rêves
Et l'obscurité se lève
Sombre, sidérale, venteuse et vagabonde.
En chemin, je rencontre la terre
Je danse des danses anciennes
Et le soir tombe, indigo, violacé
S'étend sur les forêts et les rêves
Je répète les noms de poèmes oubliés
Et le silence enfin se lève
Doucement sur
Des forêts et des rêves.
CALENDAR
SEPT 2020
Residency at Théâtre les Carmes, La Rochefoucauld (FR)
Residency at La Palène, Rouillac (FR)
Residency at La Nef, Angoulême (FR)
Live performance at La Canopée, Ruffec (FR)
Public viewing at La Nef, Angoulême (FR)
NOV 2020
Live installation at le Télégraphe, Toulon (FR)
JAN 2021
Residency at Théâtre Les Carmes, La Rochefoucauld (FR)
JUNE 2021
Live performance at Théâtre Les Carmes, La Rochefoucauld (FR)
TEAM
ON STAGE
Music - Words - Direction: Cleo T.
Cello - Synths: Valentin Mussou
Lights: Claire Choffel-Picelli
Sound: Lenny Szpira
SUPPORT
Les 3 Aires / DRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine
Département de la Charente
Adami
FCM
Spedidam
Cleo T. is powered by Keychange, a program led by Creative Europe working toward gender equity in the music industry.
VENUES PARTNERS
La Palène (Rouillac, 16) - La Canopée (Ruffec, 16) - La Nef (Angoulême, 16) - Théâtre Les Carmes (La Rochefoucauld, 16)
LINKS
VIDEO FROM THE WORK IN PROGRESS - Soon online
PRODUCTION / GENERAL INQUIRIES