FAIS-MOI MÂLE (MAKE A MAN OF ME) music, mask and puppets - cie la muette
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O I M Â L E
FAIS-M AN OF ME)
(MAKE A M mask and puppets
music,
t / Santiago Moreno
Artistic Direction: Delphine Bardo
www.cielamuette.com
5 Place Carnot, 54000 Nancy — 77 18
Cla ire Gir od : cla ire gir od. dif f@gmail.com / +33 (0)6 71 48
Distribution:
THE COMPA/NY
La Mue/tte is a duo formed by the actress and puppeteer Delphine Bardot (Clandestines Ficelles, La SoupeCie) and Santiago Moreno,
musician and puppeteer of Argentinian origins (Aparecidos, Cie Dromosofista). In 2014, they joined forces to create shows where
body and object intertwine and where music and gesture are indivisible. They invent a wordless theatrical language, where moving
bodies and objects, elements of everyday life, masks or fabric, bring meaningful images to life.
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CREATED IN 2014, LA MUE/TTE
ALREADY HAS 5 SHOWS IN ITS
REPERTORY:
- 2014: L’Homme-Orchestre, solo all terrain
- 2014: Les Intimités de l’Homme-Orchestre, small puppet and
music form, all terrain
- 2015: L’Un dans l’Autre, first duo of the company
- 2017: Les Folles, poetic journey paying tribute to the
mothers of the Place de Mai
- 2018: Fais-Moi Mâle, visual, musical and wordless
miniature
IN PRODUCTION
- 2020: Femme-Castelet (working title), large stage format
which explores the themes of domination and violence
towards women.
©Lucille Nabonnand
FAIS-MOI MÂLE
Music, mask and puppet
Solo for a woman in bad company, 1 puppet and some objects
All audiences, 14 years and after / Duration: 15 min
Fais-moi Mâle is a comic-poetic tragedy, a pithy essay which explores the
themes of desire, consent, domination and violence towards women.
A one-to-one encounter with the myth of virility and the representation
of women, it is also a nod to a song by Boris Vian performed by Magali
Noël, Fais-moi mal, Johnny (Hurt me, Johnny),a pre-feminist rock
song and female riposte to the sexism of American rock in the 1950s.
A visual, musical and wordless miniature, this short form addresses the
question of the female body; appropriated, submissive and restrained
in its relationship with men, and the notion of role reversal.
Complete video on request
INTEN/TIONS
This solo performance is in a decisive format for us, a first exploration of language and register for a task we have set ourselves around
a bitter topic, the mistreatment of women. We wanted to take a poetic and darkly humorous approach. From schoolboy humour to the
dark side. From the red of desire to blood red. From the naivety of the puppet to the disturbing disorder of metamorphosis.
MASK, PUPPET AND OBJECTS
We experiment with ideas of masks and puppets amalgamated
with the body, of physical transformation, like the metaphor of our
contradictions and schizophrenia.
The shift from a puppet character to a masked character and the
change in scale evokes the body of a man which grows on the body
of a woman, appropriating it, swallowing it.
The front/back change in the manipulation of the mask allows us
to create complex characters; half-men, half-women, victims and
tormentors.
Using a table puppet creates a disproportion between the puppeteer
and the puppet, which evokes a relationship of domination.
Symbolic objects such as the plastic pig, the ragdoll, the fur and
the red rose help us to depict a metaphorical, ‘essentialised’ world.
Blood and passion. Kitsch and unsettling. Somewhere between a
red carpet, a field of poppies and a uterus.
A SMALL FORMAT AS A PRELIMINARY TO A LARGE STAGE FORMAT: FEMME-CASTELET (WORKING TITLE) Created in 2018 for the Nuit des Compagnies, short-form festival in Mulhouse, Fais-moi Mâle constitutes the first step in the Femme- Castelet project (working title). This offering, which is independent from the project show, already outlines certain aspects: stage and puppet features, relationships and shifts in scale between the characters, techniques, tie-ins with sound and music, the interplay of emotions and a tone. DISTRI/BUTION By and with: Delphine Bardot Performance consultant and music creation: Santiago Moreno SUPPORT With the support of L.E.M., Puppets Experimentation Laboratory of Nancy (54)
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Capacity: up to 100 persons with tiered seating Stage: 3m opening - 4m deep Self-contained lighting. Audio broadcast equipment required for more than 50 people. Black backdrop and darkened room required. FINANCIAL ELE/MENTS 1000 € (up to 4 performances in the same day) - provided 15 minutes’ turnover beetween each performance Touring team: 2 people 1 vehicle departs from Nancy (54) Meals and accommodation expenses for 2 people (in line with CCNEAC rates in effect) or direct payment. ©Pictures Fais-moi Mâle: Catherine KOHLER
PRE/SS COVERAGE
DNA Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace
25th october 2018
Extract from the article opposite:
‘This is a delightfully offbeat performance
by La Muette, a visual and musical
theatre company from Nancy. Everything
about Delphine Bardot and her puppets
is appealing, in substance and format,
it takes you on a journey to a peculiar
world. Not a single instant of the
fifteen-minute performance was futile.’
C.S.C
L’Alsace, 20th october 2018 Extract from the article above: ‘The real favourite of this 1st Friday session is the creation by the company La Muette, entitled Fais-moi Mâle. (...) A wordless jewel, which grabs you from the very start. Fifteen minutes which take you truly elsewhere, through a strange metamorphosis.’ Frédérique Meichler
Artistic Direction
Delphine Bardot / Santiago Moreno
compagnielamuette@gmail.com
5 Place Carnot, 54000 Nancy (Fr)
Production Manager and Distribution
Claire Girod
clairegirod.diff@gmail.com
+33 (0)6 71 48 77 18
Communication
Sandrine Hernandez
communication@cielamuette.com
+33 (0)6 22 80 78 42
www.cielamuette.com
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