"BellyButton offers children an approach that is both attractive and evocative. No need to win them over. They're all taken in, as I was by the way. The whole production is so upbeat that children are hooked in from the very beginning."
-Michel Bélair, Le Devoir newspaper 

 

 

A woman, a man…and a baby on the way.

It all begins with a tiny being in the vast uterine world, like the dawn of humanity being constantly recreated. With the help of the umbilical snake, baby witnesses first hand the vital struggles of its shrimp-shaped heart, its jellyfish lungs and its inner dragon. At last, the greatmoment of birth arrives. Baby’s bodymust “outfit” itself to live outsidemother’s womb. Baby’s senses are on full alert. This is the beginning of a long journey towards self-reliance. However, the inner dragon that mirrors its passions and craves seems to influence its natural rhythm, even upsetting it. Baby will have to harness the dragon to regain its inner balance. There is Baby, standing up already, almost…walking

 

 

 

Team

Original Idea: Jean Cummings and Hélène Ducharme
Scenario and adaptation: Hélène Ducharme2
Director: Sylvain Massé
Set and Puppets: Jean Cummings
Composer: Michel Montreuil
Lighting: Michel St-Amand
Costumes: Isabelle Chrétien
Puppet Making: Jean Cummings, Sylvain Racine and Claude Rodrigue
Set Building: ACME services scéniques with two performers