LAURA BACHMAN
Commençons par faire l'amour
INITIATIVES D'ARTISTES
Not recommended for audiences under 15
1:10
With Commençons par faire l’amour (Let’s Start by Making Love), Laura Bachman offers a reinterpretation of Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s tetralogy (Faire l’amour, Fuir, La vérité sur Marie, and Nue) through the prism of the body, movement, and the feminine.
After her first, acclaimed piece performed at La Villette, Ne me touchez pas, a duo with Marion Barbeau about touch and its many dimensions, Bachman returns this season with Commençons par faire l’amour (Let’s Start by Making Love), a new performance about relationships, the feminine, and the body in transformation. Freely inspired by Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s five-novel opus, this new work explores relationships, the feminine, and a changing body through the character of Marie, a figure marked by heartbreak, loss, and love. In close collaboration with the author and the actors, the choreographer delves into this literary material to draw the elements of a new theatrical score in which words and motion answer each other. With one actor and four dancers, the piece becomes the site of a dialogue between text and body, a field of sensory inquiry into the feminine, its representations, and its possible reinventions.
Created with and performed by Marion Barbeau, Magali Caillet-Gajan, Raphaëlle Rousseau, Habib Ben Tanfous, Julien Ferranti alternating with Solène Ezin and Laura Bachman Choreography Laura Bachman Lighting design Éric Soyer in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Michel and Malek Chorfi Composer François Villevieille Dramaturgy Éva Martinez Costume design Marine Peyraud in collaboration with Bleuenn Brosolo Sound management Justine Pommereau Lighting management Jean-Pierre Michel or Malek Chorfi Outside eyes Manon Santkin, Manele Labidi Production Claire Sanmarty, Late Rage Administration Camille Aumont, Late Rage Booking Marie Greffier, Astérios Spectacles Photographs César Vayssié
Production Compagnie Late Rage & Astérios Spectacles Partners Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; La Comète, national stage of Châlons-en-Champagne; La Rampe, supported stage of Echirolles; Les Gémeaux, national stage of Sceaux; La Villette, Paris; Charleroi Danse; La Cité internationale de la langue française; Le Pavillon noir, CCN of Aix-en-Provence; Théâtre Les Salins, national stage of Martigues; Joya: AiR; DRAC Île-de-France; BNP Paribas Foundation; La ménagerie de verre
Acknowledgements Axelle and Philippe Bachman, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Angélique Flaugère, Marie Vialle, Valentine Colasante, Séverine Rozet, Alison Chekhar
Practical information
Grande Halle – Salle Boris Vian
Métro
Ligne 5 - Porte de Pantin
Tram
Tram 3b - Porte de Pantin
Bus
Bus 75, 151 : Porte de Pantin
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
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Cité de la Musique - La Villette
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Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Bike GH
Vélib' docking points
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A battery container is located in front of the Grande Halle.
This venue is:
- Accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75
- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to individuals with hearing aids, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
- Accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired individuals
- Several dining options available in the park before or after the show, discover them HERE.
Access to the venue is subject to a security check.
- The following are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replica weapons, animals except guide dogs for the blind, large luggage or bulky bags, and batteries for electric bikes or scooters.
- Security officers have sole discretion over which items are allowed or not.
- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
