French artist Fanny de Chaillé’s new work skillfully interweaves European and Japanese narrative traditions. Drawing on the ancient Japanese puppet theatre form Bunraku, Chaillé introduces a few decisive changes - the customary puppet role is taken by a dancer, the musician plays the ukulele instead of the shamisen and, in place of legends, the narrator recites from Thomas Bernhard’s play ›Minetti‹.

Production: Fanny de Chaillé

Text: ›Minetti‹ by Thomas Bernhard

Translation: Claude Porcell

With: Guillaume Bailliart, Christine Bombal, Tamar Shelef, Christophe Ives, Olivier Normand

Music: Manuel Coursin

Light: Yannick Fouassier

Set, costumes: Nadia Lauro, Juliette Rudent-Gili

Co-production, residencies: Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris), Centre chorégraphique national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon – Programme Résidences, Centre national de danse contemporaine d’Angers and ARCADI

Supported by: DRAC Ile-de-France (The French Ministry for Culture and Communication), ADAMI

Fanny de Chaillé is Artist in Residence at Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris) supported by Region Ile-de-France and the City of Paris