In Bre­ton, ‘Mar­mooz’ means ‘to do silly things’ or ‘a lit­tle kid’ . This new show aims to free the audience from their shy­ness and their inhi­bi­tions

 

.  Like a child free from all res­pon­si­bi­li­ty who doesn’t think before acting, but lets their body express itself to the music, without any restraint. We want the audience, no mat­ter their age, to redis­co­ver their inno­cence, their child­like spi­rit, and their desire to be play­ful and meet new people.

 

To achieve this, we want to rethink the artists’ posi­tion and broa­den the audience’s pers­pec­tive.

Mar­mooz aims to be inclu­sive ; we want eve­ryone to feel part of the expe­rience and free to par­ti­ci­pate acti­ve­ly. The boun­da­ry bet­ween musi­cians and spec­ta­tors dis­solves to create space for encoun­ters . The aim is the­re­fore to main­tain a strong sense of clo­se­ness by expe­ri­men­ting with new spa­tial arran­ge­ments to cho­reo­graph our pieces. The sta­ging must allow eve­ryone to ful­ly enjoy the show, whe­ther they are on the stage left or stage right.

 

Always with the aim of fos­te­ring a sense of clo­se­ness with the audience, the OOZ BAND attaches great impor­tance to com­po­sing modern pieces that are in tune with our times. Thus, this new crea­tion is infu­sed with influences from elec­tro, hip-hop and also the music of New Orleans.

 

With this new show, the OOZ BAND hasn’t com­ple­te­ly strayed from their dis­tinc­tive, off­beat style either. Humour remains a key ele­ment, essen­tial for let­ting go and connec­ting with the audience. Whil­st they have evol­ved slight­ly, the cos­tumes will still be outra­geous, ador­ned with the gol­den ‘Z’, the group’s emblem, like a troupe of super­he­roes capable of trans­for­ming us into play­ful grown-ups.

Sup­por­ted by the CNM : ‘With the sup­port of the Centre Natio­nal de la Musique’.

If you fell in love with *Oozième Act*, the pre­vious show, don’t wor­ry – you can still book it !

Ligh­ting desi­gn for the new show “OOZIEME ACT” – Alexandre Péri­gaud

The second ins­talment, “Oozième Act”, is a pos­sible sequel to the first show, as our eight explo­rers set off on new adven­tures and dis­co­ve­ries. They seem

to be drif­ting in a sus­pen­ded moment : The Oozième Hour (a play on words with the ele­venth hour), the hour when time stands still and during which all fables are pos­sible before the 12 strokes of mid­night ring out. Somew­here bet­ween the Ele­venth and Twelfth hour, the scene unfolds in the Oozième Dimen­sion, beyond our earth­ly refe­rences…

Their cos­tumes have chan­ged during the jour­ney : somew­here bet­ween Super­he­roes and Super-Zeros, their out­fits shine and refe­rence the science fic­tion films and series of the

1980s.

Through their set desi­gn, remi­nis­cent of a Star­gate or a spa­ce­ship, they take to the stage in a cos­mic atmos­phere, enhan­ced by their

music.

Their new quest is to get eve­ryone who moves and can dance groo­ving. Rhythm and posi­tive ener­gy are their watch­words.

No mat­ter where they turn up, their aim is to make people dance, sing, sur­prise and be sur­pri­sed, and they’re deter­mi­ned to make it hap­pen come what may!!!..

 

Past dates 

Abroad 

Szi­get Fes­ti­val (Hun­ga­ry)

Rock in Oua­ga (Bur­ki­na Faso)

Durham Brass Fes­ti­val (UK)

Car­na­val Sztuk­mis­trzów (Lublin, Poland)

Herbst und Wein­fest (Rade­beul, Ger­ma­ny)

Coto­nou Cou­leur Jazz Fes­ti­val, Coto­nou (Benin, 3‑week tour in 2015)

Inc’­rock Fes­ti­val (Incourt, Bel­gium) Fête de la Nuit (Flo­beck, Bel­gium)

Guern­sey Fes­ti­val (UK, Guern­sey)

In France : street arts fes­ti­vals and fes­ti­vals

Fes­ti­val des Renc’arts (Por­ni­chet)

Fes­ti­val Jazz en Baie (Mont St Michel)

Fes­ti­val Art Sonic (Briouze)

Fes­ti­val du Roi Arthur (Bréal sous Mont­fort)

Fes­ti­val Sor­ties de Bain (Gran­ville)

Fes­ti­val Barques en Scène (Nar­bonne)

Fête des Rues (Bla­gnac)

Fes­ti­val “Festiv’Halles” (Ques­tem­bert)

Fes­ti­val des Escla­fades (St Helin)

Fes­ti­val des Garennes (Roche Ber­nard)

Fes­ti­val des Bagnoles de l’Orne Fes­ti­val Art 2 Rue (Jan­zé)

Fes­ti­val Ascen­sion du Son (Ple­my)