Louis-Elyan Martin - [ID] Double - Maison de la Culture Mercier

[id] double

 

 

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¬ A woman solo choreographed by Louis-Elyan Martin, [id] double stands on the edge of emptiness, in between rise and fall, of an artist torn apart by her stage mask and her real nature. With Maria Callas as framework, [id] double testifies with precision, strength and humanism, the struggle in mostly every artist, facing the chaos of its contradictions.

 

 

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Strong and self confident, she stands here in front of you, radiant and touching, a woman and an artist in one body. The clash has begun. [id] double portrays the dichotomy between her public role and her excessive desire to not unveil herself intimately. Woman solo choreographed by a man, [id] double testifies with precision, strength and humanity, of the battle she is engaging, striving to dissimulate her real personality behind this stage mask. For this duel, the choreographer was inspired at first by the life of the famous Maria Callas, before understanding that every artist is confronted to the same idea. [id] double transgresses the double identity of the woman and the artist – First, the dancer in her heals and unitard appears as the audience sees her; glorified and mystified in this costume, a second skin in which she can blend. When she reaches the floor, without heals, leaving her black envelop to slip in her immaculate dress, she then has no choice but reveal herself truly as a woman. It is right at that moment that [id] double brings us: on the edge of emptiness, in between rise and fall, of an artist torn apart by her desire to shine onstage while hiding her true self, guided by the chaos of her contradictions

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