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Les Chatouilles ou la danse de la colère Andréa Bescond | | photo: DR |
| | | The strange story of Odette,
a young dancer robbed of her childhood
who is fighting to rebuild herself.
Through a cast of characters that take you from laughter to tears,
where words and dance blend together,
Andréa Bescond transports the audience on an emotional roller coaster
from which they do not emerge unscathed.
Éric Métayer has staged this “Angry Dance”
in a perfect balance between text and choreography.
A rare and wonderful moment of theater!
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| "Why "Les Chatouilles"?
I felt compelled to choose this story as a way of surviving, out of a desire to say loud and clear what many people don't want to hear and reject outright, for what could be more unbearable than the rape of a child?
"Les Chatouilles" is not about judging, it's not condemning the illness of a sick person inflicting abuse on a weaker person but rather realizing it's a fight to exist, to breathe, to survive.
My character, Odette, is one of the ones fighting, keeping silent about a violent trauma, even blocking it out and is then hit full force when it comes back at her like a tsunami. She's one of the ones whose childhood was broken by an adult's hand down her cotton panties; she endures it, keeps quiet then blocks it out but ultimately remembers, rejects and then exposes it.
The classic journey of a child victim of pedophilia - that's what "Les Chatouilles" is about.
Odette takes us deep into her dance, enabling her to express what she cannot say in words.
When life silences our words, our bodies take the floor. Dance and music play a crucial part in this piece, making it completely original and unique; the movement adds a note of poetry where words fail.
"Les Chatouilles" is a rare play because it takes on a heavy subject and deals with it in a light way with a great deal of humor, making the audience laugh a lot! Life is made of such extremes. Odette's journey may seem unusual, but it was inspired by a true story, as true as these alarming statistics: there are 75,000 rapes every year in France and as many involving only children. Surely that was worth writing a play about, wasn't it?"
Andréa Bescond
"This production uses reserve in dealing with a sinister subject, without hiding anything and sometimes laughing at the difficult journey of one of "the resilient ones" saved by dancing ... which
Andréa Bescond shows us in a concrete way by translating that terror in her solos - like screams."
Emmanuelle Bouchez. Télérama Sortir
"In addition to the powerful text she has written, Bescond is amazing acting out the characters dotting her past. She moves from one to the other with a gesture or an expression, transforming her face. She places the audience from every point of view. You become captive, victim and persecutor, by turns the mother or a childhood friend … The absurdity of life and Odette's courage underscore the will to live with captivating power in Les Chatouilles."
Hadrien VOLLE – www.sceneweb.fr
Andrea Bescond proceeds without pathos, even succeeding in making you laugh.
Jacques nerson L’Obs
...reactions from her entourage. You leave feeling stunned and blown away by the transformation of a personal drama into a superb work of art.
TB Le Parisien
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| Théâtre du Petit Montparnasse, 14.01.-26.06. 2016
Direction: Eric Métayer. Lighting: Jean-Yves de Saint-Fuscien. Sound: Vincent Lustaud. Cast: Andréa Bescond. |
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