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Louise
They reverse roles, upset the established order, disobey injunctions. They are anarchic and prodigious. They are hilarious and mysterious. They are fierce and exquisite. They are all Louise. In a large, strange and penetrating laboratory, unusual events are taking place: human matter is being experimented with from every angle. Four artists (Bérangère Bodin, Eline Guélat, Rosalba Torres Guerrero and Marianna de Sanctis) take it in turns to play the leaders, the bosses, the guinea pigs, the patients and the maids in this place where tyranny reigns. In this thrilling role-play, bodies, minds and souls rebel and rebel. The protagonists blur the lines to save their own skins. And it's thanks to their incredible strength, their black anger, their disconcerting humor, their mad chic and their joie de vivre that they will inflict a stinging reverse on tyranny. Creativity and pleasure defy the abyss, and a whole new world of possibilities opens up.
For over 25 years, the multi-award-winning Swiss choreographer has been developing a form of wordless theater whose blend of contemporary circus, dance and spectacular stage installations has captivated audiences the world over.
"My humor is the laughable side of tragedy. Amplifying it to the point of comedy allows us to go beyond it. For me, the tragicomic has a fierce violence and power: it's radical and sharp, driven by a certain malice, but also mischievous, precise and mysterious. It's from this complexity that I draw the inspiration for my work; it's the source of it."
Martin Zimmermann
Concept, direction, choreography: Martin Zimmermann
Created with and performed by : Bérengère Bodin, Methinee Wongtrakoon, Marianna de Sanctis, Rosalba Torres Guerrero
Musical creation: Tobias Preisig
Dramaturgy: Sabine Geistlich
Set design: Simeon Meier, Martin Zimmermann
Artistic and choreographic collaboration: Romain Guion
Costume design: Susanne Boner
Lighting design: Ueli Kappeler
Sound design: Andy Neresheimer
Stage management: Doris Berger
Set construction: Schauspielhaus Zürich
Costume and model construction: Schauspielhaus Zürich, Susanne Boner
Motorization: Markus Binder
Assistant stage manager: Noah Geistlich
Technical team: Doris Berger, Franck Bourgoin, Ueli Kappeler, Mateu Pascual Labourdette, Andy Neresheimer, Jan Olieslagers
Administration, distribution: Alain Vuignier
International producer: Claire Béjanin
Technical office: Ueli Kappeler
Communication: Désirée Myriam Gnaba
Fundraising: Manuela Schlumpf
Production: MZ Atelier
Coproduction: Schauspielhaus Zürich - Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg - Théâtre de Carouge - IG Rote Fabrik - Theater Winterthur - Theater-und Musikgesellschaft Zug - maison de la culture de Bourges / Scène Nationale - Le Manège-scène nationale de Maubeuge - Kurtheater Baden (in progress)
Acknowledgements : Kurtheater Baden - Tanzhaus Zürich - Theater Neumarkt
End-of-creation residency at Schauspielhaus Zürich - Schiffbau
Premiere: November 30, 2024, Schauspielhaus Zürich - Schiffbau
Martin Zimmermann benefits from a cooperative grant agreement between the City of Zurich the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Canton of Zurich and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council.
Martin Zimmermann is associate artist at the maison de la culture de Bourges / Scène Nationale.
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For more than 25 years, multi-artist Martin Zimmermann has been inventing, choreographing and staging wordless visual and physical theater, whose blend of contemporary circus, dance, theater and spectacular stage installations captivates audiences the world over. Making art accessible to all and striving for greater inclusion and diversity are issues that are particularly close to his heart. For his pieces, he creates bizarre and strange worlds, in which everyday objects find themselves displaced in parallel, often absurd, worlds. He shakes up conventions, reveals the invisible, makes the improbable seem true and encourages spectators to think differently. At the heart of his work is the dialogue between the human body and objects with a life of their own, which he usually makes meet and interact in an unstable, threatening space. The human being in all his complexity is at the heart of his research. His work has been performed at festivals and theaters worldwide, including BAM New York, TOHU-Montreal, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, Barbican London, Sydney Opera House, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Hong Kong City Hall, Théâtre de Carouge, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Festival d'Avignon, NTGent and Kunstmuseum Fondation Beyeler, to name but a few. Zimmermann's set designs have won three consecutive Swiss Design Awards. In 2021, he will receive the prestigious Grand Prix suisse des arts de la scène / Hans-Reinhart-Ring 2021. Martin Zimmermann is associate artist at the maisondelaculture de Bourges / Scène Nationale.
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