The Black Beast creation 2017
SHOW
Duration 25min – For all audiences
To be just a body. A dehumanized, contorted body. An animal body… In this solo, written as a performative choreography, a woman sketches out the daily battles against her pet peeves. On the ground or on an apparatus like a column with its 24 vertebrae, she is, like a thread that twists, ready to break at any moment. In a chiselled light, the body and life of this woman are outlined in its wild complexity, its fragile beauty, without ever bending.
An introspection of the being, which allows us to glimpse the sufferings, pressures and sacrifices crossed in the extreme exercise of physical performance and surpassing oneself. Through this portrait, the outline of our states of mind, our dreams, our traumas, our choices, our moments of grace, our contradictions are outlined. Love. Life.
DATES OF THE 2026/2027 SEASON
Double evening format – two short forms
Diptych : The Black Beast and Little Queen
March 10 and 11, 2027 – Le Cratère, Scène nationale Alès (30)
March 13, 2027 – Vice Versa Festival at Les Salins, Martigues National Theater (13)
March 16, 2027 – L’ilyade, Seyssinet-Pariset (38)
March 18, 2027 – Grenoble Municipal Theater (38)
May 16, 2027 – Théâtre du Cloître, Scène conventionnée de Bellac (87)
Only one short form
The Black Beast
January 26 and 27, 2027 – Trente Trente Festival, Glob Théâtre, Bordeaux (33)
DISTRIBUTION
Stage direction, choreography Raphaëlle Boitel
Artistic collaboration, lighting Tristan Baudoin
Original music Arthur Bison
Stage manager Anthony Nicolas
Stage, sound and lighting manager Thomas Delot
Costumes Sabine Schlemmer
Assistant director Clara Henry
Apparatus designer Monika Wespi / Ingo Groher
Performers Vassiliki Rossillion (since 2024) or Raphaelle Boitel
Direction Julien Couzy
Administration Nicolas Rosset
Production Manager Léna Scamps
PRODUCTION & CO-PRODUCTION
Production Cie L’Oublié(e) – Raphaëlle Boitel
Coproduction Agora PNC Boulazac Aquitaine • Le Carré Magique, PNC en Bretagne, Lannion
Crédits photos © Georges Ridel and Pierre Planchenault. All rights reserved
