Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The surreal made real
An amazing performance is done by Aurélia Thierrée and Jaime Martinez in L'Oratorio d'Aurélia which is played here this week. It is the world turned upside-down and in-and-out. The show can be labeled as Cirque Noveau if you like, but there is no showing off of acrobatic talent even if it obviously is there.
Is it funny? The Swedish audience laughed a lot. However in Spain it was considered a sad story about loneliness (according to Aurélia)! Must be some difference in national character - we feel at home with the loneliness... But most of all it was very beautiful and a bit scary. Like wandering at night in a landscape painted by Magritte, Delvaux and Picasso, while Syd Barrett and Eric Satie are playing music somewhere.
It can only be compared to the shows made by Aurélias parents, Jean Baptiste Thierrée and Victoria Thierrée Chaplin - and Victoria has actually been creator, director, stage designer etc for this show.
This is a must if you have a chance to see it - L'Oratorio d'Aurélia will continue to tour Sweden until next week, and then France, Norway, and Switzerland in 2007.
Photo by Richard Haughton
// posted by The beaver @ 11:55 PM 
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Well, well - I am privileged as a reader of your blog... Not only continued texts from Chiloë and an inspiring link to lodges close to Bariloche, but also a new glimpse of the multiartistic performance from France/Spain/the World. I heard an interview on the radio and was fascinated. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to catch a performance in the Lund area where I usually stay. But I will forever be on the outlook, here or somewhere else.
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Thanks for continuing to visit my blog! If you missed Aurélia this time, I can give you another suggestion: If you like jazz, listen to Avishai Cohen at Mejeriet on Thursday Nov 2! You will not be disappointed. See Monday's blog entry!
- Later there will be more Chiloë, too.
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