Article

Fabulations à propos des solos de Louise Bédard (in French)

Author
Guylaine Massoutre
Published
April 19, 2023

Photo above: Guylaine Massoutre and Louise Bédard during a get-together about the recreation of solos that inspired the writing of this text.

For a completely fresh way into Louise Bédard’s world, a Guylaine Massoutre’s lovely essay which “ties” her series of solos to the long narrative poem The Rat Charmer by the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva. An essay that transports us as much into choreographic creations as into the poet’s imagination.

For more information visit the French version of this article:
https://espaceperreault.ca/fr/collection/fabulations-a-propos-des-solos-de-louise-bedard/ 

Project

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