FRAGMENTS D’UN DISCOURS AMOUREUX
A LOVER’S DISCOURSE (FRAGMENTS)
Text and directed by
Julie Duclos
Based on A lover's discourse (Fragments) by Roland Barthes, published in France by Éditions du Seuil.
Created on December 15, 2009
at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris
Re-creation on November 29, 2011
at La Loge (Paris)
“Yet to hide a passion totally is inconceivable !
Passion is in essence meant to be seen !
The hiding must show itself.”
A shattered dramaturgy. No characters or spectacular love story. Just figures who meet on the stage, stay together for a while, or pass by in a flash. Whether they come from Barthes, Marivaux, the French New Wave, or personal stories, the thing they have in common is that they are madly in love and suddenly find themselves coexisting in the same space.
Jealousy, Waiting, Remembrance, Languor, Anxiety... As so many figures invented to highlight the process of love, when the language machinery runs wild and becomes a theater machine. It is always a lover who adresses us. In whom we recognize the lover we have met, the one we have been, or even the one we are.
With
AT LA LOGE
Delphine Hecquet
David Houri
Yohan Lopez
Guillaume Ravoire
Alix Riemer
AT CNSAD
Julien Bouanich
Leslie Bouchet
Anthony Boullonnois
François de Brauer
Matthieu Dessertine
Delphine Hecquet
David Houri
Yohan Lopez
Aurélie Nuzillard
Guillaume Ravoire
Alix Riemer
Miriam Stein
Manon Vincent
Assistants director
Matthieu Sampeur
Calypso Baquey
Choreography (at CNSAD)
Biño Sauitzvy
Lighting (at La Loge)
Vyara Stefanova
Video manager (at La Loge)
Guillaume Malichier
Stage photographies
Pierre Sautelet
Guillaume Malichier
With the support of
the Paris City Council and the Éditions du Seuil
Reviews
“This very young company appropriates these Fragments in a personal and highly relevant way, allowing itself to make cuts, creations, fragmentation, and inventing a multimedia language made up of texts (performed, recited, read), images (original or taken from films), and sound."
Laure Dasinières
Not For Tourists
“Transfigured by the intelligence of the In-Quarto company, these Fragments are moving because they strike a chord, often making us laugh for the same reasons."
Laure Dasinières
Not For Tourists
“Far from being a romantic plea for love, this play develops a redeeming discourse that frees us from guilt for feeling things so strongly and passionately."
Laure Dasinières
Not For Tourists
“What wins hands down is the freshness of this troupe of young Conservatory graduates and their open, enthusiastic, and playful approach to cultural history and their elders."
Sophie Lespiaux
Une chambre à soi
“The audience oscillates between taking a step back from themselves, the resurgence of their own memories, and empathy. A show with bittersweet tones and an ever-refreshing spirit."
Alexandre Prouvèze
Time Out
Previously
2012-2013 SEASON
October 2, 2012
Festival International MESS
Sarajevo
Creation
December 15 → 18, 2009
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique de Paris
Paris
Re-creation
November 29 → December 14, 2011
La Loge
Paris
Teaser
If you would like further information about the show (technical details, video recording), please send your request to camille@altermachine.fr
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