Saturday, 17th March, 20.00 h
Sunday, 18th March, 20.00 h
Neues Schauspielhaus
Ticket category 2
Dave St-Pierre Company (Canada)
Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!  
Length: 100 minutes

 

 
”Seldom has someone held the mirror in front of us in such an entertaining and at the same time merciless way.” Kultiversum
    
”It is a theatre in which you, of course, want to repeatedly defend yourself, but you are not able to because the intensity of the actors is so authentic.”

MDR Figaro
    
”… wild, challenging and poetic …” Nachtausgabe.de
    
Eight blond angels are the attraction of the evening. The men balance on tiptoes, exult in tantalising positions and wind the spectators round their splayed out fingers. Yet what looks like a priceless revue persiflage soon reveals a false bottom. In Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde! the dancers playfully and confrontationally express their desire for a bit of tenderness – in a world that only knows lust. But it doesn’t stop before the figures on the stage …

 

With his nude performers, Canadian Dave St-Pierre searches for a different kind of corporeality in theatre. With the first part of his trilogy dedicated to contemporary utopias, he toured Canada and Europe from 2005 on; seven magazines subsequently named him personality of the year. Now he’s on tour with the second part – and as always his audience is divided. 

 

Choreography: Dave St-Pierre
In collaboration with: Karina Champoux, Aude Rioland, Emmanuelle Bourassa-Beaudoin, Eve Pressault- Chalifoux, Geneviève Bélanger, Silke Grabinger, Sophie Dalès, Marie-Eve Quilicot, Alexis Lefebvre, Luc Boissonneault, Éric Robidoux, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon, Simon-Xavier Lefebvre, Francis Ducharme, Gabriel Lessar
In alternation with: Gaëtan Viau, David Laurin, Anne Thériault, Julien Lemire, Frédéric Tavernini, Michael Watts, Brigitte Poupart, Marc-André Goulet, Marie-Ève Carrière, Joannie Douville, David Strasbourg, Vincent Morelle, Natacha Filiatrault, Simon Fournier, Milan S. Panet-Gigon, Christian Garmatter
 
Lighting design: Alexandre Pilon-Guay
Music: Pierre Lapointe, Emmanuel Schwartz,
Dave St-Pierre, Cat Power, Arvo Pärt
Sound-Design: Emmanuel Schwartz
Text: Enrica Boucher
Costume: Eugénie Beaudry, Dave St-Pierre
 
Coproduction: Agora de la danse, Usine C, Masion de la culture Frontenac, Szene Salzburg, Théâtre Sévelin 36 Lausanne, Dance Festival Munich, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, JuliDans Amsterdam, Centre national des Arts, Scène Québec, Scene Ottawa  
Supported by: Conseil des Arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres Québec, Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada
The guest performance is supported by the Ambassy of Canada