Ever since the revelation of Deafman Glance, those who experience a work by Robert Wilson know that they are head and body smack in the middle of our historical patrimony of the contemporary performing arts. As for Genet, no one will dispute his rightful seat at the table of 20th century classics. Hieratic and carnavelesque, The Blacks is a multi-faceted work, drawn from theater (the burlesque theater of clowns), ritual and improvisation. Wilson refuses to choose between the numerous possible readings. Without ever being didactic, he paints, gives rhythm to and minutely fine-tunes his sublime choreographies according to his unique and inimitable language. From what we have seen during the preliminary rehearsals with the actors, the Blacks, our next window onto Wilson’s singular world, should simply be…sublime.
Cast
Dramaturgy Ellen Hammer
Artistical collaboration Charles Chemin
Set design assistant Stephanie Engeln
Costumes Moidele Bickel
Lighting assistant Xavier Baron
Music Dickie Landry
production Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
coproduction Festival d'Automne à Paris, Théâtre National Populaire – Villeurbanne, deSingel campus des arts international – Anvers, Festival Automne en Normandie, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale
with the Festival d'Automne à Paris
with the support of the Cercle de l'Odéon and LVMH
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