La très excellente et lamentable tragédie de Roméo et Juliette
Created in
2016
Shut inside a room, two damned young people have fled the violence of the world. They only have one night to themselves. One night is a short time to live the love of your life.
Catherine Gaudet and Jérémie Niel transpose the Shakespearean drama to a hermetic space full of sensual melancholy in which the Elizabethan voice intertwines with flesh and the urges of the forbidden. Clara Furey and Francis Ducharme incarnate an electrifying, magnetic duo of eternal lovers suspended between ecstasy and tragedy.Choreography and text come together in this sensitive piece inspired by the play by William Shakespeare, the ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, and the true story of Clara Furey and Francis Ducharme.
For several years now, Catherine Gaudet and Jérémie Niel have been engaged in an artistic complicity, bringing forward the dialogue between bodies and deep emotions.
« Under the direction of Gaudet and Niel, Francis Ducharme and Clara Furey are frenetic reincarnations of Romeo and Juliet. »
Christian St-Pierre, JEU (Montreal)
A short film by Pierre-Alexandre Girard
Music by Dear Criminals
Choreography and concept by Catherine Gaudet and Jérémie Niel
With Clara Furey and Francis Ducharme
filmed at Hôtel Le Germain (Montreal) [ germainmontreal.com ]
Avec le soutien de Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
crave | petite mort
Director Pierre-Alexandre Girard [ dtofilms.ca ]
Art Director Carolyne de Bellefeuille [ carolynedebellefeuille.com ]
DP Hugo Ferland Dionne
Editing Alexandre Dionne
Color correction Thierry Sirois
Camera operator Pierre-Alexandre Girard
Grip Étienne Cloutier
Conception, direction and choreography Catherine Gaudet + Jérémie Niel
Co-creation Francis Ducharme + Clara Furey
Performers Francis Ducharme + Clara Furey
Sound design Éric Forget
Scenography Max-Otto Fauteux
Lighting design Alexandre Pilon-Guay
Costumes and accessories Fruzsina Lànyi
Production director Mélissa Pietracupa
Technical director Julie-Anne Parenteau-Comfort
Assistant director Jonathan Riverin
Dramaturge Daniel Canty
Instigator of the initial project La 2e Porte à Gauche
Production Petrus + Lorganisme
Co-production Usine C
Support Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
