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Chapter 22 - An Interview with Phia Ménard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2024

By
Estel Baudou
Edited by
Clare Finburgh Delijani
With
Christian Biet
Clare Finburgh Delijani
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Christian Biet
Affiliation:
Université Paris Nanterre
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Summary

In conversation with Estel Baudou’s performance, artist Phia Ménard offers insights into the key moments of the live performer’s career, from her training days to her international success. Describing herself as ‘undisciplined’, she explains how her work challenges the categories of circus, dance and theatre, in so doing pushing the boundaries of contemporary theatre. It is fitting to end this Introduction with Phia Ménard’s call for the invention of new formats and aesthetics, for the performance of ‘strange things’ and for a form of agitation that ‘feels like love’.

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Maguy MarinGisèle VienneRomeo CastellucciJan Fabre
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A New History of Theatre in France , pp. 404 - 410
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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