Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault's contemporary ballet Giselle(s) draws its power from the theatricality and richness of its choreography. This new feminist vision of romantic ballet reflects the tensions between men and women in our society. It's no longer about Giselle, but about all the Giselle(s) who are victims of betrayal.
And if, despite all this anger, love was still alive.
The first Giselle, now Queen of the Willis, is a timeless witness to the female condition. She has become the queen of an army of female warriors who haunt the world of the living and hunt down their tormentors.
In Act 1, a succession of flashbacks transports us into the intimacy of 5 couples. The Queen of the Willis guides us like helpless spectators through the inevitable drama of these relationships between men and women. Act 2 is the revolt of women who have passed into the world beyond.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault have drawn their story from the violence perpetrated against women.
Choreography and direction Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault
With Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Julien Derouault and 15 dancers
Music Adolphe Adam - Les tambours du Bronx - Musical creation Wilfried Wendling
Costume design Evanbenjamin - Lighting Alexis David
In partnership with La Muse en Circuit, Centre National de Création Musicale
Queen of the Willis: Marie-Claude Pietragalla
Couples :
Willis :
The Théâtre du Corps celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024, and has given over 900 performances to more than 900,000 spectators in 16 countries: France, Algeria, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Serbia, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey.
Le Théâtre du Corps is the name of the artistic work of choreographers Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault and their dance company, founded in 2004 and now based in Alfortville (94) near Paris. In 2004, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, an emblematic figure of French dance, one of the most famous prima ballerinas of the Paris Opera (1990-1998) and former director of the Ballet National de Marseille (1998-2004), joined forces with Julien Derouault, solo dancer with the Ballet National de Marseille (1997-2004), to create, distribute and produce their own work.
These two artists have invented a common, complex language in which improvisation and choreographic writing are constantly intertwined. The idea is to create a dance in which the performer can express all his or her humanity, a dance in which the artist's imagination takes precedence over more academic or formal considerations. Becoming a "man who dances" or a "woman who dances" is the culmination of Théâtre du Corps, the meticulous work that requires dancers and actors to go beyond learned conventions.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Julien Derouault develop a universe on stage in which dance is part of their imagination, the expression of their artistic desires. But dance is never alone: music of course, theater of course, literature, digital or plastic art, collective memory, everyday life too... Everything makes sense and inspires the two choreographers, who use movement as a poetic source.
Each show is conceived as an inner odyssey, a journey where the narrative is a call to the imagination, to another level of consciousness that only the poetry of choreography and the art of the stage can reach.
“The skits are fast-paced, with violent acrobatic lifts and falls.”
“The set design, which is essentially based on costumes and lighting, is striking. ”
15 JAN 2025 | Biarritz (64): Gare du Midi | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
19 JAN 2025 | Cambrai (59): Théâtre de Cambrai | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
29 JAN 2025 | Strasbourg (67): Palais des Congrès de Strasbourg | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
31 JAN 2025 | Metz (57): Les Arènes | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
05 FEB 2025 | Merignac (33): Le Pin Galant | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
09 FEB 2025 | Montpellier (34): Le Corum | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
11 FEB 2025 | Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (26): O Lac | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
13 FEB 2025 | Chambéry (73): Le Phare | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
15 FEB 2025 | Grenoble (38): Le Summum | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
04 APR 2025 | Plaisir (78): Espace Coluche | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
10 APR 2025 | Saint-Étienne, France (42): Opéra de Saint-Étienne | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
12 APR 2025 | Montélimar (26): Palais des Congrès de Montélimar | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
20 APR 2025 | Cannes (06): Théâtre Claude Debussy - Palais des Festivals | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
21 APR 2025 | Cannes (06): Théâtre Claude Debussy - Palais des Festivals | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
06 MAY 2025 | Caen (14): Théâtre de Caen | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
13 MAY 2025 | Brest (29): Arena de Brest | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
15 MAY 2025 | Lanester (56): Quai 9 | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
17 MAY 2025 | La Baule (44): Atlantia | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
20 MAY 2025 | Agen (47): Parc des Expositions d'Agen | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
22 MAY 2025 | Toulouse, France (31): Casino Barrière | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
24 MAY 2025 | Perpignan (66): Palais des Congrès de Perpignan | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
27 MAY 2025 | Fontenay-le-Comte (85): Espace Culturel et de congrès René Cassin | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
30 MAY 2025 | Le Mans (72): Palais des Congrès du Mans | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
31 MAY 2024 | Brunoy (91): Théâtre de Brunoy | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
05 OCT 2024 | Kaunas (Lituanie) : Audra Festival | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
10 OCT 2024 | Meaux (77): Théâtre Luxembourg de Meaux | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
12 OCT 2024 | Vélizy (78): L'Onde | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
18 OCT 2024 | Taverny (95): Théâtre Madeleine | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
21 NOV 2024 | Avignon (84): Salle Confluence | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
22 NOV 2024 | Avignon (84): Salle Confluence | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |
24 NOV 2024 | Bourg-en-Bresse (01): Ainterexpo | BILLETS PRO REQUEST |