Concrete walls, beds made of old scrap metal, a washbasin as a toilet: the setting has all the makings of austerity, and yet the murmurings of optimism permeate the proceedings. Bouba Landrille Tchouda chose to perform a duet in a prison cell because he has been working regularly in prisons for the last ten years and knows this world particularly well. This sometimes traumatic experience has given rise to a cry of hope, a highly personal dance imbued with hip-hop and physical commitment. Bouba Landrille Tchouda has made a powerful statement, showing that dance can heal the human side of imprisonment.
Cast
Choreography Bouba Landrille Tchouda / Interpretation Bouba Landrille Tchouda / Nicolas Majou / Dramaturgy Guy Boley / Scenography Rodrigue Glombard / Light Fabrice Crouzet / Costumes Claude Murgia / Music Yvan Talbot
Coproduction La Rampe – Échirolles / CCN La Rochelle / Théâtre National de Chaillot – Paris / Château Rouge – Annemasse / Théâtre Jean Vilar – Bourgoin-Jallieu / With the support of l’office artistique de la Région Aquitaine, Les Saisons – Théâtre De Givors / The partnership du Pot au Noir à Rivoiranche
Photos
Photos credits: Fabrice Hernandez
Presse
‘Bouba is an extremely sincere person. Murmures is his most sensitive piece. It’s the result of his work in prisons with inmates and the encounter between intimacy and hip hop energy. It’s a simple, well-constructed piece that takes place in a cell. There’s a kind of intimacy, extreme sobriety and interiority in the movement. Dominique Hervieu – Director of La Maison de la Danse de Lyon
‘A piece about confinement, as beautiful and powerful as a scream by Munch’.
Francis de Coninck
‘…A breathtaking show set in a prison A show that doesn’t put on airs but touches hearts and souls. A show that makes no concessions, based on incredible technical talent…’.
Annikki Alku, Savon Sanomat – Finland, June 2013
‘A deeply moving show, an astonishing duo of dancers, where every way of being – calm, nervous, generous, egotistical… is expressed through the body. Theatrical and poetic choreography to evoke the suffering and joy of captive souls…’
Prune Vellot, Les Affiches de Grenoble, décembre 2010