by Latifa Laâbissi

« Between the first World Fair in 1855 to the Colonial Fair of 1937, France produced eleven different events, whose exceptional quality and renown brought them to export similar work abroad, giving their audiences ample occasion to applaud these rich spectacles revealing the splendors of its colonial Empire. Men, women and children were the object of curious attractions… In the year 2008, Marianne carries out her own investigation in these areas haunted by the phantoms of the Republic’s greatest expositions. Not to worry, between the cannibals and the young Polynesian women – full integration is guaranteed.”

Latifa Laâbissi

PERFORMERS
Conceived and directed by Latifa Laâbissi
Set design : Nadia Lauro
Dramaturgy : Christophe Wavelet
Sound design : Olivier Renouf
Lighting design : Yannick Fouassier
Costumes : Latifa Laâbissi et Nadia Lauro

OTHER CREDITS
Production 391
Coproduction Les Spectacles vivants – Centre Pompidou
Writing and choregraphic research residency at the Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, and a residency under the auspices of the accueil studio programme at the Centre national de danse contemporaine in Angers.

DIFFUSION
creation the 5,6,7 april 2006 : Paris - Centre Pompidou

2007
30 et 31 january : Vienne (Autriche) - Tanzquartier
1,2,3 march : Brest – Le Quartz, Festival Les Antipodes
5 december : Caen - Centre chorégraphique national

2008
20,21 et 22 february : Bordeaux - TNT – Manufacture de Chaussures
11 march : Scène conventionnée de Cahors
20 march : Scène Nationale de Dieppe
5 april : Scène Nationale de Quimper
12 april : Saint Nazaire – Le LiFE
6 et 7 june : Museion de Bozen (Italie)
25 et 26 august : Zürich (Suisse) - Zürcher Theaterspektakel

2009
30 january : Festival les Eclectiques – Halle aux Grains de Blois
4 et 5 february : Festival de danse à Helsinki (Finlande)
6 march : LiFE – Lieu International des Formes Emergentes à Saint-Nazaire
18 june : Festival Latitudes Contemporaines à Lille

IMAGES

PRESS
Political movements, article de Cathy Blisson, Télérama, février 2008
Le pays grotesque, article de Gérard Mayen, Mouvement, janvier 2007
Interview with Latifa Laâbissi, article de Laurent Goumarre, Danser

FICHE TECHNIQUE
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