Tag: Avignon 2022
Avignon Festival: “The chewing of the dead”, the floor is for the deceased
It is in this mythical place that is La Chartreuse, that you can see the show “The mastication of the dead” by Patrick Kermann, author who killed himself in this…
Dieudonné Niangouna in a word, a gesture and a silence
Dieudonné Niangouna, 46, born in Brazzaville, was in 2007 the first author and director from sub-Saharan Africa invited to the Festival IN d’Avignon. In 2013, he was the first artist…
“Near future”, the coronation of Jan Martens in the Court of Honor
Jans Martens’ choreography, oscillating between nonchalance and supernatural, is an encouragement to transcend challenges with creativity, without hesitating to get wet, in the literal and figurative sense. A world premiere…
On the edge of the woods by Pierre-Yves Chapalain, traveling show on urban exodus
Recently settled in the countryside in an inherited house, a couple of city dwellers try as best they can to adapt to rural life. At the edge of the wood:…
Soukaina Habiballah and Hanane Hajj Ali: words from women in the Arab world
Women from the Arab world in the spotlight at the Avignon festival. 2022 is practically the first year where parity is respected. Advertising The project Sheirat (“poets”) introduces us to…
the history of Burundi and the power of theater
The young Burundian author Laura Sheïlla Inangoma enters this Tuesday, July 19 at 11 a.m. in the “Court of Honor” of African authors at the Avignon Festival. Trial of Memories,…
“The Nest of Ashes”, by Simon Falguières, between marvelous tale and fantastic epic
Thirteen hours of shows, six intermissions, seventeen actors, two hundred costumes. Between marvelous tale and fantastic epic, the Nest of Ashes takes its audience between two worlds: that of dream…
[Vidéo] The versatile artist Ludmilla Dabo in a word, a gesture and a silence
02:14 For this follower of Afro-Americanism, it’s all about balance. At the Festival d’Avignon, she wrote the text and directed Ce n’est qu’une question de balances, and acted and sang…
Kirill Serebrennikov, and the theater bursts the madness of freedom
Fifth issue since the In and Off Festivals of Avignon. For this last meeting of the year, the Russian filmmaker and director Kirill Serebrennikov comes to present his adaptation of…
Jean D’Amérique’s long-awaited “Opera dust” at the Avignon Festival
For the young Haitian poet Jean D’Amérique, the Festival d’Avignon is ” a utopia under the open sky “. And this Friday, July 15 at 11 a.m., the vocalization of…