The performance explores the conditions of the monstrous and the system that produces it. What are the political and historical issues at stake at each stage of its construction?
The monster is the sum of values attached to a civilization which crushes bodies, disconsiders certain postures and ecosystems. The Romantic ballet’s villains and the animals known as pests belong to this category of unwanted, negligible beings, or those to be fought. Inspired by these creatures on the margins, the performer goes in search of a poetics of impure and horrific figures.
Concept and performance Marion Zurbach
Music Zooey Agro
Outside eye Arthur Eskenazi
Costumes Silvia Romanelli
Lights and technique Nils Doucet
Production Maxine Devaud and Prune Allain-Bonsergent
Administration Raphaël Soleilhavoup
Coproduction BNM, Ballet National de Marseille
Partners CN D Centre National de la Danse Pantin, KLAP Maison pour la Danse à Marseille, Tanzhaus Zürich, SOMA Marseille