Caravage
ou le silence de nos battements de cœur
Bruno Bouché
World premiere from the Ballet du Théâtre de Chemnitz.
Pièce pour 20 danseurs.
Spectacle présenté avec des musiques enregistrées.
Infos
Mulhouse
La Sinne
Strasbourg
Opéra
Entracte compris
Prologue
Trente minutes avant le spectacle. (Durée : 15 min.) Une courte introduction vous est proposée avant chaque représentation.
Cast
Chorégraphie Bruno Bouché Musique Abdullah Miniawy & Le Cri du Caire, Claudio Monteverdi, Patti Smith Dramaturgie Frédérique Lombart Scénographie, costumes Bruno Bouché, Romain de Lagarde Lumières Romain de Lagarde Ballet du Théâtre de Chemnitz
Presentation
An enfant terrible of the Baroque period and a supremely talented artist, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, simply known as Caravaggio (1571–1610), revolutionized painting. His inimitable style, characterized by his boundary-pushing naturalism and consummate grasp of chiaroscuro, gained widespread acceptance and spread across Europe. The power and mystery of his oeuvre is often overshadowed by a pseudo-biographic interpretation of his paintings, fueled by his colorful and scandalous life that numerous novelists and overzealous historians have chosen to focus on over his artistic genius. Yet, by sculpting the flesh of his subjects through the contrast of shadows and light, Caravaggio reveals above all an unparalleled human depth, both immanent and spiritual. A depth that instils a silence with the power to let us hear our own heart beating.
Bruno Bouché loves to play with archetypal images in his choreographed works, bringing them to life through movement and the positioning of bodies in space. At the invitation of the Ballet du Théâtre from Chemnitz, a German city twinned with the OnR Ballet’s home Mulhouse, for this occasion he explores the universe of an iconic painting master in a musical program ranging from pieces by Claudio Monteverdi to contemporary works. Going beyond the surface, his new choreographed work seeks to understand the forces emanating from Caravaggio’s paintings—sensuality, violence, tenderness, cruelty, passion—and the silence and solitude found in their contemplation.
