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Giselle(s)

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. 

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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 : 

  • Julien Derouault - Solène Messina-Ernaux
  • Baptiste Ollier - Manon Alins
  • Etienne LLoria - Manon Chapuis
  • Antonin Muno - Amélie Lampidecchia

Willis : 

  • Lise Fromont
  • Samantha Didier
  • Carla Béral
  • Charlotte Le Hir
  • Louna Lebeau
  • Ylona Bonnet
  • Lola Derouault
  • Lauryn Calvo
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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.

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Le Monde

“The skits are fast-paced, with violent acrobatic lifts and falls.”

La Terrasse

“The set design, which is essentially based on costumes and lighting, is striking. ”

Schedule

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

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