Mushi kiki is a choreographic creation in 2 different public meetings linked to a residency in a nature reserve and to an interactive arrangement for adults and children.

On 12 November 2006, while driving to Blois I picked up a radio programme dedicated to the Japanese painter Tamaro. A woman was describing a special time of the year when the Japanese go into the countryside to listen to insects. This is called Mushi-kiki –or something similar-. The perfect title!
A title ideal for this project that takes place in a nature reserve humming with insects and ghosts, works the body in its becoming animal, its insectitude, the way in which it forms part of a landscape, its movements, camouflage and plant life.

Sound plays an essential role. Manuel Coursin directly mixes materials collected beforehand with those produced by the protagonists.

All the senses are called on by the images, sounds, plant perfumes, humus and the decisive presence of honey : honey that is offered for tasting as it leaves the pot then poured out until it forms the floor for a dance whose fluidity and sensuality are progressively transformed into frenzied burlesque.  At the end of the performance, the slippery dance floor welcomes those spectators tempted by the experience.