Venerdì 17 e sabato 18 ottobre ore 20.00

I believe in the legend of love

Testo, scenografia, film e regia Jan Fabre
Con Ivana Jozić
Composto & realizzato da Alma Auer
Drammaturgia Miet Martens
Luci e tecnica Wout Janssens
Troubleyn/Jan Fabre è sostenuta dalla Comunità fiamminga.
La compagnia Troubleyn/Jan Fabre è sponsorizzata da Katoen Natie.

Spettacolo di teatro e danza: in inglese, sovratitoli in italiano. Traduzione italiana di Franco Paris.

Jan Fabre ha scritto I believe in the legend of love nella forma di una lettera di un uomo alla sua amata. Il risultato è un testo personale, sull’amare e sul lasciar andare. L’opera sottolinea il diritto di disporre della propria vita, in particolare della fine della vita. È scritto con empatia e rispetto per la vita, l’amore e la morte. Una sera Lancillotto scende da un ponte, dalla vita alla morte. In piedi sul ponte, si chiede come cadrà il suo corpo vivo. Galleggerà sfidando la gravità? Oppure cadrà e si schianterà verso il basso? Le parole di Lancillotto sono rivolte alla sua cara principessa, finché non si fermano improvvisamente,quando il passo verso il nulla senza fine è stato compiuto. Il testo è ispirato alla canzone “Ode to Billy Joe” di Bobbie Gentry.

Durata: un’ora.

Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 8 pm

I believe in the legend of love

Text, set, film & direction Jan Fabre
Performer Ivana Jozić
Composed & performed by Alma Auer
Dramaturgy Miet Martens
Italian translation by Franco Paris
Lighting design & technical Wout Janssens
Troubleyn/Jan Fabre is supported by the Flemish Community.
Troubleyn/Jan Fabre is sponsored by Katoen Natie

Jan Fabre wrote I believe in the legend of love in the form of a letter from a man to his beloved. The outcome is a truly personal text, about loving and letting go. The play
emphasizes the right to dispose of one’s own life, specifically the end of one’s life. It is written with empathy and respect for life, love and death. One evening Lancelot steps off a bridge, from life to death. Standing on the bridge, he wonders how his living body will fall. Will he float and defy gravity? Or will he fall and crash downwards? Lancelot’s words are addressed to his dear princess until they suddenly stop, when the step to endless nothingness has been taken.

The text was inspired by Bobbie Gentry’s song ‘Ode to Billy Joe’.

Duration: 1 hour

IN THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS

“avant-garde, unrestrained and artistically rounded” (…)
“Jozić, irresistibly attractive, unusually beautiful, and achingly adaptable…Her fluid motion breaks into brief, fragmented moments that evoke an inner struggle, while a white veil of (in)decision drapes over the bright canvas of her face, which, with childlike ease, transforms into anyone or anything. To the sound of powerful music, gradually evolving from the patter of raindrops to tribal rhythms, and to the countdown of what could be the last moments of life, Jozić returns again and again to a letter consumed not just by the dilemma of life and death, but also by love. Love, which emerges as the ultimate (and most important) theme of this performance that be remembered by many as avant-garde, sincere, free from pretension and false moralizing, yet deeply emotional and, above all, artistically magical.” – Magdalena Mrčela | DalmacijaDanas

Ivana Jozić is a dancer and actress, born in Zagreb, Croatia. She trained in dance at the School for Classical Ballet in Zagreb and the London Contemporary Dance School, while
also studying acting at Drama Studio London. Her collaboration with Jan Fabre began in 2003 with the production Je suis sang (2003). She went on to perform in several of his major works, including Tannhäuser (2004), The Crying Body (2004), Histoire des Larmes (2005), Requiem for Metamorphosis (2007), Orgy of Tolerance (2009), and Prometheus Landscape II (2011). Jozić was also part of the internationally acclaimed Belgium Rules/Belgian Rules (2017) and took part in Fabre’s monumental Mount Olympus. To Glorify the Cult of Tragedy—a 24-hour performance (2015). In 2021, she performed in The Fluid Force of Love, and she is currently featured in Peak Mytikas (On the Top of Mount Olympus)—an eight-hour production (2023), Troubleyn/Jan Fabre’s latest work. Beyond ensemble performances, Jozić has collaborated with Fabre on multiple solo productions. She starred in Angel of Death, a worldwide success that toured for four years and won the Golden Laurel Wreath at the MESS International Theatre Festival for Best Overall Performance. In 2008, Fabre created another solo for her: Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day. Currently, she is on tour with her latest full-length solo performance, I Believe in the Legend of Love (2024), a new work specially created for her by Fabre. As a film actress, Jozić appeared in Women from Antwerp in November (2007), a movieinstallation by Chantal Akerman, and in Doctor Fabre Will Cure You (2013) by Pierre Coulibeuf. Since the inception of the Jan Fabre Teaching Group, she has played an active role in training new generations of performers.

Biglietti

Intero 25€ | Ridotto Under 26 17,5€ | Ridotto Over 65 12,5€

Info e prenotazioni

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