“Text to speech” is a computer programme in which the written language has been transformed into spoken word. Texts from the Internet, voices, music, sound vibrations and the projection of images onto screens are all part of Gilles Jobin’s choreography creating unique and poetic scenery in which concrete, vivid images move between reality and their distortion: a plot between humour and discomfort. With astute abstraction and hypnotic poetry, the choreographer scrutinises the effects of current news on the audience, their bodies and their psyches. 

WITH Jean-Pierre Bonomo, Gilles Jobin, Richard Kaboré, Sung-Im Kweon, Susana Panadès Diaz, Rudi Van der Merwe CHOREOGRAPHY Gilles Jobin MUSIC Cristian Vogel TEXT SOURCES Wikipedia / Internet, rewritten by / réécrits par Gilles Jobin and Jean-Pierre Bonomo SCENOGRAPHY Gilles Jobin CONSTRUCTION OF TABLES Victor Roy LIGHT DESIGN Daniel Demont SYNTHETIC VOICES Alice, Bruno, Claire, Graham, Louise, Peter, Pierre PHOTO Dorothée Thébert PREMIERE Bonlieu Scène nationale, Annecy 03/2008 PRODUCTION Cie Gilles Jobin COPRODUCTION Bonlieu Scène nationale, Annecy; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Dampfzentrale Bern SUPPORT Ville de Genève; Canton de Genève; Pro Helvetia; La Loterie Romande; Acapela Group. Gilles Jobin is an associated artist of Bonlieu Scène nationale, Annecy INTERNET www.gillesjobin.com

Gilles Jobin
Gilles Jobin is one of the most important choreographers in Switzerland’s present dance scene. He has thrilled over 100,000 spectators in more than 23 countries, among them: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, England, Finland, France, Holland, Italy, Korea, Croatia, Mozambique, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Czech Republic, Tunisia etc.