Battre encore
[Still beating]
Premiered in June 2021
Visual and musical theatre and anti-patriarchal poetry
Table puppets, hand-held puppets, body puppets, shadow, mask and music
All audiences over 14 years of age
65 min
Once upon a time, there was a land under the control of a tyrant who liked to seize the most beautiful young girls for himself. This pitiless villain would choose them at a magnificent ball. Three sisters received an invitation to this deadly occasion, where they would have to dance with the despot and his henchmen. But what if they refused to submit? Using the medium of visual theatre, Delphine Bardot explores the images produced by the confrontation between an actress and the male character that she operates. This language of the body describes forms of domination and the refusal to submit more intensely than words could. In a disturbing atmosphere imbued with shadows, Santiago Moreno’s music, full of popular Latin American tunes, blends with the sound of the cello. The tale is loosely inspired by the story of the Mirabal sisters or “Mariposas”, who were killed by the dictator Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in 1960. The performance internationally avoids a documentary-style approach, rather evoking the joint struggle of populations and women who decide to say “no” to military power, “no” to male oppressors. (© Nally Gérard)
© Virginie MEIGNÉ
CAST
Staging: Delphine Bardot & Pierre Tual
Dramaturgy: Delphine Bardot, Pierre Tual & Pauline Thimonnier
Text: Pauline Thimonnier
Music: Santiago Moreno
Performed by: Delphine Bardot, Bernadette Ladener & Amélie Patard
Lighting design: Joël Fabing
Lighting and Effects: Charline Dereims
Costumes: Daniel Trento
Puppets, shadows and animated objects: Delphine Bardot, Lucie Cunningham & Santiago Moreno
Scenography – design: Delphine Bardot & Daniel Trento
Scenography – production: Daniel Trento, Carole Nobiron & Émeline Thierion
Production & distribution: Claire Girod
Production assistance: Aurélie Burgun
Communication: Sandrine Hernandez
