At the heart of La Machine’s artistic approach, movement is read as a language, as a source of emotion. through each of these living architectures, the idea is to dream of tomorrow’s cities, and thanks to this, transform the way we look at our towns.
The Halle of La Machine stages the show machines of Company La Machine, a street theater company founded in 1999 and directed by François Delaroziere. It was born from the collaboration of artists, technicians and show decorators around the construction of atypical show objects. The work the company develops in public space primarily concerns theater, town planning and architecture.
Today, La Machine develops many projects in the field of urban development – Les Machines de l’Île in Nantes, Les Animaux de la place in La Roche sur Yon, Le Manège Carré Sénart… – as well as for street theatre – Le Gardien du Temple, Long Ma Jing Shen, Les Mécaniques Savantes, La Symphonie Mécanique, L’Expédition Végétale, Le Dîner des Petites Mécaniques…
The company, led by François Delarozière, came about thanks to artists, technicians and theatre designers working together for the construction of unusual theatre objects. To bring its creations to life, La Machine has set up a workshops in Nantes. They are home of many different trades and crafts from theatre and the arts, to industry and advanced technology. People and their skills are the very essence of the creative process.
