Dorothée Munyaneza, Kae Tempest
Inconditionnelles
novembernov 20 - december – dec 20
© Christophe Raynaud de Lage ©
© Christophe Raynaud de Lage ©
© Christophe Raynaud de Lage ©
Wednesday november 20
20h
Thursday november 21
20h
Friday november 22
20h
Saturday november 23
20h
Sunday november 24
16h
Tuesday november 26
20h
Wednesday november 27
20h
Thursday november 28
20h
Friday november 29
20h
Saturday november 30
15h30
Saturday november 30
20h
Sunday december 1
16h
Text Kae Tempest. Music Dan Carey. Translation and direction Dorothée Munyaneza. Musical collaboration Ben LaMar Gay. Set and lighting design Camille Duchemin. Costumes Lila John. Artistic coordinator Virginie Dupray. Assistant director Lisa Como. With Sondos Belhassen, Bwanga Pilipili, Davide-Christelle Sanvee, Grace Seri.
Production Centre International de Créations Théâtrales – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
Coproduction TNS – Théâtre national de Strasbourg; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Théâtre de Namur; La Muse en Circuit – Centre national de création musicale; L’Arc – Scène nationale Le Creusot
With the support of the Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon - Centre national des écritures du spectacle
With the support of the Cercle de l’Athénée, Les Bouffes du Nord and its Foundation at the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Sets and costumes made by the workshops of the TNS - Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Hopelessly Devoted by Kae Tempest, translated by Dorothée Munyaneza, is published and represented by L’ARCHE – Éditeur & Agence théâtrale (www.arche-editeur.com)
The Festival d’Automne à Paris are co-producers of this show.
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Show available in audio description on Sunday 1 December.
For further information, please contact the Rental Office of the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord at the following address: location@bouffesdunord.com.
For this new performance, titled Inconditionnelles singer, author, and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza stages her French translation of Kae Tempest’s fervent play, Hopelessly Devoted (2015). Inconditionnelles explores the interstices where love and connection abound.
Chess is in prison facing a lengthy sentence for homicide. There, she meets her soulmate, Serena. When Serena is granted parole, Chess fears losing everything. She begrudgingly participates in a music class taught by Silver, a producer seeking renewed meaning in art. Silver discovers Chess’ resounding voice and becomes her committed advocate. While this encounter might offer hope where Chess has never known it before, she must first face her past to harness her talent. Inconditionnelles marks Dorothée Munyaneza’s first staging of a play, bringing to life her translation of Kae Tempest’s original text and lyrics into French. It is through music that stories of love are grounded, bolstered, and lost in Inconditionnelles. It is therefore through music that Dorothée Munyaneza, in close collaboration with Ben LaMar Gay, seeks to build upon the play’s existing framework so as to explore the protagonists’ inner lives. Indeed, sound seeps and slips between prison bars, acting as a reminder both of the carceral institution and of the world that lies beyond. For this adaptation, Dorothée Munyaneza conceives a unique space in which music and dance boldly blur boundaries, moving characters and audiences alike to feel — wholeheartedly.
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