The company Tea Tree is the result of Sara Olmo and Pierre Viatour teaming up together. She is a dancer and choreographer, and he is an actor and a hand-to-hand acrobat (circus technique). Dance and the circus are their means of communication, while the body is their tool. Their desire is to use their language to sow seeds, feed their imagination and spread inspiration. Tea Tree alludes to the essential oil of the same name. For Sara and Pierre, trees are a strong symbol of nature, life, and fulfilment. Therefore, they are essential element for life on earth.
Oil is also "essential" for our survival. On an artistic level, they are convinced that art and culture are also essential for the development of humans. The director Yutaka Takei was born in Fukuoka, Japan. Through movement and contemporary dance, from 1997 to the present, he has led a rich and intense professional career featuring many encounters with renowned artists. At the root of everything, it is possible to recognise the themes that most motivate him: the relationship with the body and the sacredness of nature. For the Tea Tree company, culture is the essence and is essential. Culture nourishes the soul and vice versa. Pierre and Sara seek to translate emotions into movement and share them through their body (their tool) to reach into the depths of people and create forests of freedom.