LENA PAUGAM
Ovni rêveur – Le Corps éparpillé dans la tête
ARTIST INITIATIVES
Est. 1h30
Theatre director Lena Paugam orchestrates the encounter between the dancer Thierry Thieû Niang* and the non-verbal, autistic poetess Babouillec. A hypersensitive dialogue that makes light of silence in a language all their own.
Ovni rêveur was born from the desire to bring together Thierry Thieû Niang* and Babouillec, who was introduced to the general public through Julie Bertuccelli’s documentary Dernières nouvelles du cosmos. Diagnosed as non-verbal autistic, the author has developed her spiritual vision and powerful style through various texts – poetry, novels, essays – some of which have already been adapted for the stage. But here, Lena Paugam offers a different kind of experience, driven by the playful interaction between the two performers and their desire to present themselves together to the audience.The play explores the time each person takes to listen, observe, feel, and connect. How does Babouillec convey the distance that separates her from us? How can the present moment express what flows through her writing? Funny, enigmatic, and profoundly intelligent and sensitive, these two embody Lena Paugam’s promise to transform the stage into “an echo chamber that amplifies the muffled sounds of the world.”
*Thierry Thieû Niang will not be able to take part in the performances of Ovni rêveur – Le Corps éparpillé dans la tête. Present with the team during the research phases and up until the creation, he passed on the choreography of this project to Félicien Fonsino.
Text Babouillec Interpretation Babouillec and Félicien Fonsino with the participation of Véronique Truffert Voice Arthur H. Choreographic transmission Thierry Thieû Niang Assistant director Caroline Darchen Set design Pierre Nouvel Video Thomas Lanza Sound design Xavier Jacquot Lighting design Louisa Mercier Costumes Philoména Oomens Dramaturgy Leslie Six General stage management Damien Farelly Support for Babouillec Chimène Barros and Renaud Tefnin Production Compagnie Alexandre Co-production Théâtre de Lorient – Centre Dramatique National, Initiatives d’Artistes / La Villette – Paris, Centre National pour la Création Adaptée / Morlaix, Le Quartz – Scène Nationale de Brest, Théâtre National de Bretagne / Rennes, Les Bords de Seine – Grand Orly Seine Bièvre, with thanks to Théâtre National de la Colline.
This performance has benefited from the Initiatives d’Artistes de La Villette program, which supports the creation and dissemination of works, assisting artists throughout the development process until the realization of their performance.
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