From the 6th to the 10th of July, the second edition of High flights promises a week of extraordinary shows spanning dance, aerial circus, hip-hop, and participatory performances. With a particularly anticipated highlight: «Pigments,» an impressive aerial spectacle presented 15 metres above the ground.
For fifty minutes, the artists of the CirkVOST company will defy gravity above the audience. Suspended from a monumental aerial structure, they will perform without ever touching solid ground. A dizzying ballet where each movement depends on the others.
Behind the physical prowess, there is also a reflection on the collective. In «Pigments,» the group's balance rests on each individual's ability to find their place without jeopardising that of others. An aerial metaphor where solidarity, trust, and interdependence take on their full meaning.
A week of performances between sky and mountain
While the Tignes show marks the festival's highlight, the Hautes Envolées will begin on July 6th in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise with a big participatory Disco Ball, where the public is invited to dust off their bell-bottoms and sequins to learn a few dance steps.
The next day, heading to Séez with «R2Jeux,» a hip-hop creation led by four dancers which plunges spectators back into childhood memories.
In Val d'Isère, the company Racines Carrées will then present «Ça déménage», an atypical choreographic performance blending dance, cardboard boxes and acrobatics, in which the unexpected becomes an integral part of the show.
Finally, the festival will conclude in Villaroger with «Paysage mobile,» a more contemplative offering from the company Casa Otra, conceived as an invitation to view mountain landscapes differently.
A free festival in the heart of Haute Tarentaise
Conceived as a travelling event, the festival takes over several communes in Haute Tarentaise, favouring spectacular natural settings: grassy amphitheatres, lakeside spots, village squares, or church parvises.
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All performances are free and open to the public. Introductory dance and aerial practice workshops are also offered throughout the week.
But it is right by the lake in Tignes, on 9 July at 6.30 pm, that all eyes should be focused. Because seeing an entire troupe perform for nearly an hour fifteen metres above the void, with the mountains as a backdrop, is not an experience you have every summer.