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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 15, 2024 14:05:33 GMT
www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/programme/i-want-absolute-beauty/144?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0c7RwFzECucW9X61E590Tn6SL5g_SBIJr4zXh9Bk_8RWX3qPLsYmNywr4_aem_AcZX7UGpAmGs6l1kH2zH09Ys2cHuJ-S3hUL76CEeCwbv7e8O8uaLsT2qKgGGui9xYQR19Hrqqdhlii9MTgVmaVYGOne woman. Her journey. Her decisions. Sandra Hüller (Oscar nominee for Anatomy of a Fall) sings and acts the leading role, embarking on an epic journey through extreme emotional and mental landscapes. She is joined by dancers, including some from the Ballet national de Marseille, directed by the revolutionary artistic collective (LA)HORDE, Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel who also co-choreographed Madonna’s Celebration Tour. We follow the protagonist’s attempts to become her true self, defying the roles and expectations society has for her. She reinvents herself in every encounter, every relationship and every city. With I Want Absolute Beauty Ivo Van Hove opens Ruhrtriennale 2024. This emphatic music theatre production with chosen songs by alternative rock star PJ Harvey shows how we can overcome obstacles, grow from them and finally accept that we can only take life as it comes. And that can feel really good! Produced by Ruhrtriennale in partnership with Ballet national de Marseille direction (LA)HORDE. Sounds intriguing!
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Post by QueerTheatre on Apr 15, 2024 14:35:46 GMT
And in English!
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Post by nottobe on Apr 15, 2024 18:45:09 GMT
Sandra Hüller's involvement in this has very much interested me. Could this maybe go to the Barbican next year? Again it being in English seems likely for a transfer.
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Post by bordeaux on Apr 16, 2024 8:20:05 GMT
For anyone interested in Isabelle Huppert, she is performing this at the same festival, and presumably elsewhere: a monologue based on Racine's Bérénice, directed by Romeo Castelucci, very big name in European theatre circles, none of whose work has been seen in the UK, as far as I am aware. I must admit, I'd just rather see Bérénice done straight... www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/programme/berenice/133
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Post by bordeaux on Apr 16, 2024 17:41:27 GMT
I notice that Bérénice has already been in Milan, Paris - where someone in the audience shouted out 'Speak up'- and New York where the New York Times described it as being crushed by Huppert's star power.
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