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Métamorphoses

Manuela Infante (Chile)

Minimum age 14+
90 minutes
POSTPONED TO 29 AND 30.11.21 AT THÉÂTRE DE L'OISEAU MOUCHE ROUBAIX 

Two thousand years ago, Ovid wrote Metamorphoses, an absolute masterpiece of classical culture. The fascinating stories in which characters transformed into stones, water or animals still leave their marks today. Also on Manuela Infante, one of the great figures of Chilean theatre. With Ovid she shares a fascination for transformation, which she also showed in her previous play Estado Vegetal : not only man had a voice there, plants also played a determining part on stage.

But who exactly is subject to metamorphosis in Metamorphoses ? It often appears to be the woman who -after being molested by pushy men or gods- goes through such a transformation. Sexual violence and transgressive behaviour seem like a leitmotiv in the book. From a contemporary view the Metamorphoses are the story of a radical patriarchal society. So they do need a transformation.

Today Infante reads in the Metamorphoses a story about the porosity of animal species and genera, between things and creatures. Who defines what is human and what not ? Is man really the centre of the world around him, which is so often reduced to passive scenery ? Flanked by Michael De Cock, director of the Brussels KVS, Infante gives an original and enlightening view on crucial developments in our society via classical literature.

Dans le cadre de la Coopération culturelle transfrontalière entre la Communauté flamande et la Région Hauts-de-France.

REGIE / MISE EN SCÈNE / DIRECTION : Manuela Infante
ORIGINELE TEKST / TEXTE ORIGINAL / ORIGINAL TEXT : Ovidius
CONCEPT & DRAMATURGIE :  Manuela Infante
TEKST ADAPTATIE / TEXTE ADAPTÉ / TEXT ADAPTED BY : Michael De Cock  & Manuela Infante
MUZIEK & GELUIDSONTWERP / MUSIQUE  & CONCEPTION DU SON/ MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Diego Noguera
ARTISTIEK ASSITENT & KOSTUUMONTWERP / ASSISTANTE ARTISTIQUE & CONCEPTION COSTUMES / ARTISTIC ASISTANT & COSTUME DESIGN : Dina Dooreman
MET / AVEC / WITH: Hannah Berrada, Luna De Boos, Jurgen Delnaet
SCENOGRAFIE & LIGHT ONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE & SCÉNOGRAPHIE / SET & LIGHTING DESIGN : Andrés Poirot
VISUAL DESIGNER / DESIGNER VISUELE: Pablo Mois
LICHTTECHNIEK / TECHNIQUE LUMIÈRES / LIGHT TECHNICS: Dimi Stuyven
GELUID / SON / SOUND: Steven Lorie
AUDIOVISUELE TECHNIEK / TECHNIQUE AUDIOVISUELLE / AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICS: Gert Vanhyfte, Pier Gallen
TONEELMEESTER / REGIE DE PLATEAU / STAGE MANAGER : Lieven Symaeys
PRODUCTIELEIDING / DIRECTEUR DE PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION MANAGER: Tanja Vrancken
PRODUCENT / PRODUCTRICE / PRODUCER : Carmina Infante
BOVENTITELING / SURTITRAGE / SURTITLING : Inge Floré
PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION : KVS
COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION :Fundación Teatro a Mil, La rose des vents - Scène Nationale Lille Métropole Villeneuve d’Ascq, Perpodium
MET DE STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE / WITH THE SUPPORT OF : de Vlaamse Overheid, Région Hauts-de-France, Tax Shelter van de Belgische Federale Overheid