"LA BRULURE DU REGARD"
KARELLE PRUGNAUD
CIE L’ENVERS DU DECOR
Poetry / Theatre-Video
9, 10, 11 october 2009
Fri 10pm, sat 10pm, sun 5pm
Because he was unintentionally breaking taboos and saw what he shouldn’t have seen, Actaeon was turned into a stag by the Goddess Diana and devoured by his own dogs... This forms the starting point of the performance. Karelle Prugnaud’s theatrical acts are always significant. She has an intense feel for aesthetics, and she puts the body to the test of our wildest fantasies.
Will you be recreating at Les Subsistances a show you have previously performed?
Yes, a show called La brûlure du regard, on the myth of Actaeon. This myth focuses on the forbidden act of seeing the Goddess in the nude. I liked the idea of our need to have sacrosanct role models permanently exposed to other people’s perception. How can you live in a world where role models are omnipresent, how is it possible to invent and be oneself?
See synopsis (pdf in french/88kb)
In residence: 2-11 Oct 09
Will you be recreating at Les Subsistances a show you have previously performed?
Yes, a show called La brûlure du regard, on the myth of Actaeon. This myth focuses on the forbidden act of seeing the nude Goddess. I wanted to work on our need to have sacrosanct role models, who are permanently exposed to people’s perception. How can one live in a world where role models are omnipresent, and how is it possible to invent - or be - oneself?
Background
Karelle Prugnaud is an actor, director and performer trained in Lyon. Aside from her work as a performer, she has produced shows mixing photos, videos, dance and theatre, and has developed a long term partnership with Eugène Durif, whose texts she adapted on several occasions. Among her latest productions are Cette fois sans moi at the Théâtre du Rond-Point and Bloody Girl at Quartz de Brest in 2005, La Nuit des feux at the Théâtre National de la Colline in 2008 and 4 Sous d’CirQ ou Le Cirque des Gueux with the Cirque Baroque in 2009.
Cast and Crew
Texts by Eugène Durif. Directed by Karelle Prugnaud.
Video by Tito Gonzalez / Karelle Prugnaud.
Music by Tito Gonzalez / Bob X.
Costumes by Pierre-André Weitz / Nina Benslimane.
With Mélanie Menu, Cécile Chatignoux, Anna Gorynsztejn, Sophie Lagier, and Karelle Prugnaud.
With the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Communication (DRAC du Limousin). With the help of ONDA.
