Mathilde Monnier
Mathilde Monnier
The Place of the Monkey
© Photo : Marc Coudrais ©
© Photo : Marc Coudrais ©
Created and performed by Mathilde Monnier and Christine Angot
Scenography Annie Tolleter
Light, Éric Wurtz
Sound Design, Olivier Renouf
Advisor, Rita Quaglia
Coproduced by Festival Montpellier Danse 2005
Théâtre Garonne / Toulouse, Scène Nationale de Cavaillon
Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Invited by Théâtre National de la Colline and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Fondation Beaumarchais – SACD
The Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillonis subsidized by Ministère de la culture et de la communication, la Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Languedoc-Roussillon, la ville de Montpellier, Montpellier agglomération, le Conseil régional Languedoc-Roussillon, le Conseil général de l’Hérault
Tour : Givors decembre 9, Théâtre de Cavaillon,
January 12 and 13,
Théâtre des Salins Martigues April 01 (2006)
“What is the bourgeoisie? What is happiness? Am I bourgeois, am I happy?” Finding answers to these queries lies at the heart of this existential tête-à-tête between Monnier and writer Christine Angot, with whom she collaborated eight years ago on « Arrêtez, arrêtons, arrête ». Monnier was born into a bourgeois family of Alsatian industrialists – the roots of an identity crisis that the duo seeks to explore through dance and dialogue.