Romeo and Juliette. Francis and Clara. Two couples that form just one. They only have one night for them. Just one night to live and relive their love whose outcome we know. They are the duet of Shakespeare and Prokofiev. The couple of yesterday and today. They are those intrepid, eternal childrens, those fiery teenagers, those adults tight against each other, trying to protect themselves against the raging world. Crossed by the sensations of pleasure,…
Acrobatics is a gem in Morocco’s cultural heritage, known for its pyramids and circular figures. The Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger, set up over a decade ago by trad acrobats with a modern outlook, is now returning to its roots: the show’s Arabic title means “circular festive show”. The twelve performers express their world’s contradictions – sacred/profane, spectacular/invisible, authentic/borrowed. They also share their music, in the form of declaimed poetry, singing and percussion.
Philippe Decouflé is a creator of dreamlike metamorphoses, who finds inspiration in both high and popular culture and who dismantles accepted customs and mores through his use of the spectacular, the burlesque, and the bizarre. With Contact, he creates a musical and visual comedy, an irrational tale of our (super-)human passions. A troupe of sixteen dancers, actors, singers and musicians play upon our collective memory by putting together a musical. What are these artists up…
Maguy Marin signs with BiT her fourty ninth show in just forty years. The title refers to computer term designating the basic unit of measurement of information. This word, very tonic, gives a first rhythmic impulse, after which the show begins, an implacable succession of impulses, twists and tensions orchestrated with rigor in a dance that is both joyful and desperate. The main point of the show is : the farandole, one of the forms…
In the slums of Calcutta, Muslim girls try to escape poverty and seek empowerment through boxing.
