Miss en Abyme
Miss en Abyme depicts a revolution led by bimbos: its ideological symbols, its fiery language and its dictatorial failure. A crowd of bimbos seize the power and bit by bit their long blond hair gets drenched in the blood of their adversaries. Their slogans are clear: this is a universal revolution. However, once in power, the rumours on the new regime start circulating: incompetence, nepotism, abuse of power seem to be at the order of the day. It becomes necessary to repress the new counter-revolutionary revolution… Miss en Abyme thus constructs a cycle of violence complete with all the mechanics and pitfalls of power led by the figurehead of apolitical self-indulgence : the bimbo.
Length : 50 minutes
CAST
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Choreography and text : Rudi van der Merwe
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Created in collaboration with : Madeleine Piguet-Raykov et Jòzsef Trefeli
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Performed : Madeleine Piguet-Raykov, Jòzsef Trefeli et Rudi van der Merwe
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Lights and film : Laurent Valdès
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Assistant film and make-up : Floreanne Schneuwly
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Original music : Christian Garcia
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Additional music : Throbbing Gristle, J. S. Bach (Glenn Gould), the Red Army Choir
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
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l’État de Genève
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la Ville de Genève
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la Loterie Romande
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Ernst Göhner Stiftung
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la Commune de Carouge
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le Fonds Intermittents
PERFORMANCES
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19, 20 March 2011, les printemps de Sévelin, théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne
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9-12 September 2011, la Bâtie – festival de Genève, Genève
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14, 16 June 2012, tanz ist festival, Dornbirn
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30 November 2013, Pink Cross, Bern
