buffaloes is a piece that has been little seen in the region, while Émilie Flacher, a former student of Émilie Valantin, is installed in Bourg-en-Bresseand that she is an associated artist with the Comedy of Valence – Drôme-Ardèche national drama center. She presents it at the beginning of March at the National Popular Theater (TNP) in Villeurbanne.
buffaloesa fable by Pau Miro
the universe Emilie Flacher is singular because it is that of the puppet, but at the service of contemporary writing. As is the case here, with this fable of Pau MiroCatalan author, buffaloespresented by the TNP in the Jean-Bouise room.
Written in 2008, part of a trilogy Buffalos, Lions, Giraffes (which symbolize respectively the generation of grandparents, parents and today’s adults), it takes place in a laundry in a popular Spanish neighborhood. It takes as its starting point the disappearance of one of the brothers of the siblings of the buffaloes, Max.
“It depicts the mystery linked to the disappearance of someone dear, and the need to say the loss, in a language that surges, crosses the bodies to build a living, energetic, emancipatory choir. explains the director in her note of intent.
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Emilie Flacher and her puppeteers at the TNP in Villeurbanne
Taking the side of the strange, Émilie Flacher brings together actresses and puppeteers who manipulate buffaloes made of raw materials such as leather, fabric and wood and fragments of buffaloes, close to the aesthetics of paintings by Pablo Picasso and puppets from the famous Handspring Puppet troupe.
Skilfully combining acting and manipulation, the compagnie Arnica deploys a reflection on human relations, cracks, the unspoken with a brilliance and an intelligence that commands respect.
