Cratère Surfaces: Focus Pays Basque

This street arts company combines choreography, experimental music and circus acts in its productions. At Cratère Surfaces, the company will present ‘Lurruna’, a piece that casts a poetic gaze upon gravity. Drawing on bodies, objects, balance, imbalance and the laws of physics, it constructs a powerful visual experience. Alterations in perception, slow-motion sequences, shifts in gravity and rewind effects reveal the characters’ inner states, whilst the boundaries between different realities blur and redefine the limits of possibility.

• July 2, 19:30

• July 3, 19:30

• Point of departure: Rue de La Meunière 2

Bilaka explores a contemporary choreographic language rooted in traditional Basque dance. At Cratère Surfaces, Bilaka will present ‘Dirau’, a piece built around the rhythms and beats of Basque music, constantly testing the body´s limits and freedom. They see tradition not as a fixed relic, but as a living, evolving force. Dirau becomes a choreographic expression of a living, ever-changing identity.

• July 3, 21:00
• July 4, 18:00
• Venue: Théâtre de Verdure

This company blends vertical and contemporary dance, making urban space key to its creations. At Cratère Surfaces, the company will present’ Geure(R)a’. The piece explores the bonds that build community and the significance of shared space, transforming façades into a canvas for movement. Bodies defying gravity highlight mutual trust, balance and the power of collaboration, offering a poetic and contemporary interpretation of public space.

• July 3, 22:00
• July 4, 22:00
• Venue: Rue du Commandant Audibert

Deabru Beltzak, founded in 1996, is one of the Basque street theatre companies with the most extensive international experience. Since its inception, it has created 10 shows, delivered over 3,000 performances, and collaborated with more than 35 companies worldwide. At Cratère Surfaces, the group will present ‘Su Talka’. Impact, friction and percussion form the starting point for a show in which the sparks created by the impact of the drums are transformed into energy, uniting fire and rhythm. Colours, light, smells and sound shape an immersive experience in the public space, where pyrotechnics and choreography are combined with precision to place the audience at the heart of the action. 

• July 3, 22:00
• Point of departure: Place Henri Barbusse

Osa+Mujika brings the anxieties and contradictions of contemporary society to the stage through movement. Their creations combine powerfully physical expression, humour and highly visual stage imagery. At Cratère Surfaces, they will present ‘Tupper’. Taking an everyday object as its starting point, the piece constructs a universe centred on consumerism, excess and accumulation. The relationship between bodies and objects constantly transforms, while movement and choreography challenge the inertia of everyday life in a performance charged with irony and energy. 

• July 2, 19:30 and 22:30
  • Venue: Place de l´Hôtel de Ville
• July 3, 19:30 and 21:30
  • Venue: Place des Martyrs de la Résistance

Led Silhouette will present ‘Los Perros’ at Cratère Surfaces, a production inspired by an idea and under the artistic direction of Marcos Morau. In the face of the uncertainty and dehumanisation of modern society, the piece offers a path of resistance. It is the story of two bodies that meet, fall and rise again, championing love, generosity and commitment through dance. Through repetition and catharsis, Los Perros transforms movement into a tool for expressing the vulnerability, anger and will to live of an entire generation.

• July 2, 22:30
• July 3, 23:00
• Venue: Cour Fort Vauban

Markeliñe will present ‘Andante’ at Cratère Surfaces. A pair of anonymous shoes washed up by the sea serve as the jumping-off point for this performance. Whose are they? What stories do they conceal? Through visual theatre, masks and live music, the piece brings to light the lives marked by war, exile and migration in a wordless narrative of great emotional intensity. With a history spanning more than four decades, the company extends an invitation to memory and empathy through powerful visual poetry.

• July 2, 20:30
  • Point of departure: Parc du Bosquet
• July 3, 20:00
  • Point of departure: Place Henri Barbusse