"We didn't see the days go by" and "Ardentes"
Lose yourself in the poignant story of an legendary literary couple whose life reads like a beautiful poem, followed by a raw choreographic exploration of the female form. Between the evocative power of spoken word and the fluidity of movement, these performances offer an intimate mirror into the human experience. Experience a deeply moving atmosphere that lingers long after the final curtain.
Théâtre Mandapa (Paris 13th)
About
"We didn't see the days go by".
By Simone Schwarz-Bart and Yann Plougastel (Grasset editions)
A reading with Mariann Mathéus and Patrick Karl, the story begins like this: "Once upon a time there was a fierce Black woman and a little Jew, who lived together for a long time, had two boys and wrote half a dozen novels without seeing time pass..."
It is the story of a rare couple. That of two writers, one Guadeloupean, the other Jewish, whose cross-work testifies to the suffering of their peoples. And that of two beings desperately united, who, for fifty-five years, every evening, read each other a love poem by Pablo Neruda. Yet there is a mystery surrounding the Schwarz-Barts. Why, in the mid-1970s, did they fall silent and shut themselves up in their house in Guadeloupe?
Created at the initiative of Mariann Mathéus, the Compagnie Moun San Mélé combines theater, music, dance, and poetry, in Creole and French.
Mariann Mathéus is a Guadeloupean author, composer, and performer. Patrick Karl, actor and director for the theater since 1980, has walked the path of Art Theater. Creation and decentralization have influenced his nomadic career alongside essential authors and poets such as Shakespeare, Goldoni, Chekhov, Genet, Beckett, Char, Koltès. Mariann and Patrick have worked together several times, meeting diverse audiences both on stage (with Aimé Césaire's "Discourse on Colonialism") and in schools and during theater initiation workshops.
Ardentes highlights the sensitive, sometimes bitter, gaze that a woman casts on her own body. This choreographic creation is born from the meeting of two dancers whose sincere and benevolent friendship acts as a mirror. Through a co-creation process, their movements respond to, confront, and influence each other, giving birth to an intimate and sensitive choreographic writing.
Echolupté Collective
As part of the "Mois Kréyol" festival by Cie Dife Kako.
