Les Brigittines

After ...de bon augure in 2021, Thomas Lebrun returns to Les Brigittines with a solo dance to the rhythm of Marguerite Duras' words. Drawing on readings and interviews with the writer archived by the INA, the choreographer brings a staggering solo performance that defies all categorisation.

Somewhere between embodiment and a personal confession, the phrases intertwine with the movements in a fragility that only serves to exalt the poetry. In this inner journey, the whole landscape of Durassian literature explodes, sometimes with humour, often full of nostalgia, but always with the constant accuracy of what this writing intrinsically holds.

L'envahissement de l'être is a suspended moment that lands on an unexplored and fascinating shore of representation...