Jérôme Bel
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Marco D’Agostin, with the support of Chiara Bersani and other artists from the Italian dance scene, recreate Jérôme Bel, a work by the homonymous French choreographer, one of the most important figures in international contemporary theatre.
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Teatro Studio Melato
The show, a part of the European project STAGES, is the result of an idea by the English director Katie Mitchell and Bel himself to re-examine the ways that artistic work is produced and distributed; the challenge is to no longer tour productions, but rather the ideas that they are based on, entrusting to other artists a different restaging, from town to town (as has already happened at the Piccolo, with lacasadargilla, in Uno spettacolo per chi vive in tempi di estinzione).
D’Agostin reinvents Bel’s play, extending the concept of sustainability; not only a reflection on the environment, but also a way to examine the relationship of each individual with the context and the community in which they live.
The performer Chiara Bersani, who is artistically tied to both D’Agostin and Bel, is joined on stage by eighteen performers with differing bodies, stories and personalities. Nine professionals from the world of Italian dance, representing a range of eras and approaches, all united by a human and artistic affinity. Nine non-professionals from Milan, selected from contexts with which D’Agostin has already collaborated and through new synergies created in the city.
Unlike the original – a monologue in which Bel, at the computer, presents himself, projecting extracts of his shows on the screen –, in this version, the choreographies are reinterpreted live. «Working with artists who marked dance in Italy, and through dance itself, activating new relations in the city of Milan; this is the idea behind my restaging – explains D’Agostin, an associate artist at the Piccolo –. It is an opportunity to create a “temporary family” whose construction unfolds with the audience bearing witness. A temporary community of artists and humans who, playing the restaging of Bel, transform the theatre into a home; their home, and the home of the spectators.»
Duration: 110’ without intermission
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ReadThe show, a part of the European project STAGES, is the result of an idea by the English director Katie Mitchell and Bel himself to re-examine the ways that artistic work is produced and distributed; the challenge is to no longer tour productions, but rather the ideas that they are based on, entrusting to other artists a different restaging, from town to town (as has already happened at the Piccolo, with lacasadargilla, in Uno spettacolo per chi vive in tempi di estinzione).
D’Agostin reinvents Bel’s play, extending the concept of sustainability; not only a reflection on the environment, but also a way to examine the relationship of each individual with the context and the community in which they live.
The performer Chiara Bersani, who is artistically tied to both D’Agostin and Bel, is joined on stage by eighteen performers with differing bodies, stories and personalities. Nine professionals from the world of Italian dance, representing a range of eras and approaches, all united by a human and artistic affinity. Nine non-professionals from Milan, selected from contexts with which D’Agostin has already collaborated and through new synergies created in the city.
Unlike the original – a monologue in which Bel, at the computer, presents himself, projecting extracts of his shows on the screen –, in this version, the choreographies are reinterpreted live. «Working with artists who marked dance in Italy, and through dance itself, activating new relations in the city of Milan; this is the idea behind my restaging – explains D’Agostin, an associate artist at the Piccolo –. It is an opportunity to create a “temporary family” whose construction unfolds with the audience bearing witness. A temporary community of artists and humans who, playing the restaging of Bel, transform the theatre into a home; their home, and the home of the spectators.»
Duration: 110’ without intermission
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Credits
Jérôme Bel
PREMIERE
based on Jérôme Bel
text, videos, choreography Jérôme Bel
directed by Marco D’Agostin
costumes Gianluca Sbicca
lighting Paolo Tizianel
direction assistant Damien Modolo, Lucia Sauro
artistic advisory Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli
translation Damien Modolo
with Chiara Bersani and Marco D’Agostin
and with (in alphabetical order) Caterina Basso, Marta Ciappina, Alessandra Cristiani, F. De Isabella, Alessandra De Santis, Stefano Roveda, Lucia Sauro, Pablo Tapia Leyton
with the special appearance of Chiara Borgia – Teatro alla Scala
and with (in alphabetical order) Alexia Bifulco, Livia Brambilla, Francesco Cigada, Nicoletta Pedraglio, Letizia Pepori, Dora Sabattini, Carlantonia Sassi, Angelica Schiavoni, Filippo Tuccimei, Ornella Vinci
volunteer direction assistant Vicenzina Cappelli
a Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, R.B. Jérôme Bel, STAGES – Sustainable Theatre Alliance for a Green Environmental Shift co-production: Théâtre de Liège (Belgium) | MC93 — Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (France) | Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (Croatia) | The Royal Dramatic Theatre, Dramaten, Stockholm (Sweden) | Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (Lithuania) | Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa (Italy) | Trafó House of Contemporary Arts (Hungary) | Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Portugal) | NTGent (Belgium) | Maribor Slovene National Theatre- Slovensko narodno gledališče Maribor (Slovenia) | Riga Technical University – University of Latvia (Latvia) | European Theatre Convention (Germany) | Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland) | National Theater & Concert Hall – 國家兩廳院 (Taiwan)
the performance is the second chapter in the project “Sustainable theatre?”
concept Katie Mitchell, Jérôme Bel, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
in collaboration with the Centro di competenza in sostenibilità of the University of Lausanne
The performance tours in the form of a script and is recreated in each partner theatre by a local team
The international premiere of the performance Jérôme Bel, with and by Jérôme Bel, was produced by R.B. Jérôme Bel (director’s assistant: Maxime Kurvers; artistic advisor and executive director: Rebecca Lasselin; administration: Sandro Grando), in co-production with the Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), La Commune centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers, Festival d’Automne à Paris
This performance is part of the European project
and it is realized with the support of
The performance forms part of 
The show contains full nude scenes and an gestures which spectators may find distressing
The show is surtitled in Italian and in English
Tickets
Category of performance Piccolo Production
Stalls full price € 40 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 23
Balcony full price € 32 | Discounted (under 26 and over 65) € 20
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