Pauline Bayard
MINUIT

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On the walls of the Abbey of la Chaise-Dieu, an incomplete fresco portrays a dance of death, a “danse macabre”. It is transmuted on stage with seven performers, who could be the seven deadly sins or seven minutes — the duration of the symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns. This human chain leads us into a jubilant, dark and frantic nocturnal tour, in a desperate attempt to thwart death with a “life drive”.

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Pauline Bayard uses her eclectic training in choreography, dramatic arts and film studies to create a vocabulary at the crossroads of literature, theater, photography and cinema. Between 2016 and 2019, she presented six short forms at the Théâtre Monfort in Paris, and in 2020 founded her own company. Since 2022, she has been working on the triptych Stabat mater (2022), Rouge [les quatre saisons] (2022-23) and Chambre noire (2024).

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CREDITS

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CONCEPT & DIRECTION

Pauline Bayard

MUSIC

Danse macabre Op.40, Camille Saint-Sæns, Philharmonie Orchestra dir. Charles Dutoit, Decca

LIGHTS

Lou Morel

COSTUMES

Yaëlle Corbrejaud

PICTURES

Rosalie Lust, Lucie Pagès, Charlotte Gaubert

PRODUCTION

Lucie Pagès

DISTRIBUTION

Clémence Durand

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WITH

Pauline Bayard, Miguel Filipe, Théo Lebruman, Martin Nadal, Denis Plassard, Fanny Sauzet, Julie Anne Stanzak
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION

MINUIT

COPRODUCTION

Théâtre du Parc, Andrézieux-Bouthéon

CONVENTIONNEMENT PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT

Ville de Saint-Étienne, Conventionnement à l’émergence 2022-2024

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© Charlotte Gaubert