SopaLoca
(Lyon, France)
Sopa Loca, a sunny street orchestra, is a band oriented towards South American and tropical music. Cumbias, rumbas and salsas are reorchestrated, tinged with reggaeton, gently shifted, sometimes in a madly humorous way. Like a frosted cocktail of vitaminized music, this euphoric “crazy soup” tastes good at any time of the day, accompanied by retro choreographies. It is a nice, spicy and swaying mixture that is shared while dancing.
TOURING SHOWS:
- Clap! - new creation 2023
No more fanfare! the seven members of SopaLoca, revolted by their working conditions as a street orchestra, decide to change career plans: stop marching band and make films to become stars!
The performance becomes the shooting of a film where the artists play all the roles, heroes, villains, obscure supporting roles, and also director, cinematographer, lighting designer...
The scenes follow one another, carried by an original soundtrack played live, and we get caught up in the game: maybe a big production will notice them? After all, George Clooney probably doesn't know how to play the saxophone... Drama or comedy? blockbuster or committed film? Adventure, romance, fighting? With the energy of a repertoire of Latin American music (cumbia, salsa, mambo...) mixed with other styles (classical, rock, hip-hop...), SopaLoca allows you to listen and see in this show to play, overplay and dance!
- CalleLoca
Inspired by South American and tropical music, the 7 illuminati of SopaLoca spice up their repertoire with varied influences. In this show "Calle Loca", the ensemble reorchestrates cumbias, rumbas, dansons, salsas... and embellishes them with unusual musical currents (reggaeton, hip-hop, rock, disco, etc.).
Punctuated by offbeat choreographies and tinged with burlesque situations, the acoustic and mobile formula of SopaLoca unites the crowds in a light and festive atmosphere. The mobility of its formation favors a complicit and dynamic game, and allows it to go to meet the public and to appropriate the public space.
Artists / performers: Achille Autin, Axel Pfalzgraf, Aldric Plisson, Florian Tillard, Clélia Bobichon, Nathalie Diebold, Eugène Gaumeton, Ulysse Manaud, Léo Delay, Ornella Debono, Sébastien Linard, Vincent Modolo, Caroline Sylvestre.
Format: Music Street show - Street parade - Acoustic
Artistic team: 7 musicians
Standard duration: 1h40 hours to split in 2 or 3 shows including 1 stationary show of 50 min.