The opening of the new title called Rendez-vous has two
scenic versions: first one opened on 2 August 2005 in Cathedrale dŽImage in southern
France, the second originated as a regular performance for the Prague scene.
Both versions, however, were created in a co-production with French La Compagnie Commun
Instant and a German agency Noa Entertainment becoming a project financed by the European
Union through a grant programme for the development of European cultural co-operation
Culture 2000.
The whole performance was much influenced by the environment of a disused stone quarry
(Cathedrale dŽImage), which intrigued Josef Svoboda and Albert Plecy as an ideal place for
concerts, exhibitions and performances. This time, it was Jean-Pierre Aviotte who was
inspired by this 'magical' space with unique atmosphere as if created for multimedia
projects, to produce a performance based on the principles of Laterna magika, using some
other unconventional scenic instruments to narrate a mysterious encounter in the bullring.
It is a scenic 'flash-back' of moments of a human life compiled into a mosaic of film,
music, choreographic and acrobatic fairy tale.
The project was created with the support of the Culture 2000 programme of the Europian Union and the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic.