Compagnie François Mauduit
Dans les yeux d’Audrey
The François Mauduit company presents an original choreography inspired by the actress Audrey Hepburn.
Dans les yeux d’Audrey (2022)
Ballet for 20 dancers freely inspired by the life of Audrey Hepburn
François Mauduit | choreography and staging
Caroline Ami | biographer
Luc Ledieu | sets
Marie Maret | costumes
Anthony Le Fur, Marion Pageaud | lighting
Soloists
Haruga Ariga, Lorenzo Bernardi, Francesco Cafforio, Paul Delanoë, Louise Djabri, Nicola Lazzaro, Géraldine Lucas, Shiori Matsushima, Capucine Ogonowski, Vittoria Pellegrino, Nelly Soulages
Recorded music
Henri Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, Edvard Grieg, Georges Auric, Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius, Franz Schubert, Dmitri Chostakovitch, Léo Ferré, Henri Contet, Joseph Kosma, Leroy Anderson, George Gerschwin...
“At the opera, I was taught that dance was first and foremost about elegance. Then, Maurice Béjart taught me that dance was about self-sacrifice, which releases its own mystery, magic and subtle secrets as inner power and quasi-animalistic strength meet mystical spirituality. My work based on Audrey Hepburn encompasses all of this. Living or reliving Audrey’s life involves immersing yourself in an atmosphere which inspires dreams, but behind all the glitz there is a life hovering between hyper-sensitivity, failed love affairs, and inner peace. She dreamed of being a ballerina and always retained that elegance and timeless beauty, ever radiant and endlessly inspiring. The dancers all helped me to reach for the stars and to follow that star; all the music selected elevated me to a higher plane and Audrey Hepburn inspired me. In the words of Jacques Brel’s version of the song The Quest: To dream the impossible dream/To bear with the pain of departures, [...] To love until it tears you apart / To love too much or even too badly / To try without strength or armour / To reach the unreachable star/ This is my quest / To follow that star. I invite you to follow Audrey Hepburn’s star.”
François Mauduit
Coproduction Prométhée Productions | Small is beautiful Prod |
Compagnie François Mauduit
