PESSOA Since I’ve been me

Robert Wilson • Creation

Book event

A DAZZLING VENTURE INSIDE THE MYSTERIOUS KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE GRAND POET FERNANDO PESSOA.

Here is an ordinary man, his mind absorbed, contemplating an idea, sitting at a sidewalk café, his eyes wandering in the middle distance and reflecting the clouds as they pass by. The scene is in Lisbon, and the man is Fernando Pessoa, at least that is his name as entered in the official register, but he may prefer other identities such as Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis or Alberto Caeiro. He and some of his heteronymic personalities are the heroes of Robert Wilson’s original work on the poet’s incomparable opus. What started as an idea proposed by the Théâtre de la Ville and the Teatro della Pergola in Florence is now a performance featuring fascinating mirror effects arising from Pessoa’s many and varied styles in texts ranging from The Keeper of Flocks to The Book of Disquiet and Fausto. Such diversity is then reflected in the virtuoso art of the actors as they give physical expression to this iridescent reverie, conveying the words of the poet in an array of languages.

Duration

01:20

Price

From €8 to €39

Schedules

15:00, 20:00

Place

TDV-Sarah Bernhardt - Great hall

Language

In French, Italian, Portuguese, English
Overtitled in French

Direction, scenography & lighting design Robert Wilson
Texts Fernando Pessoa

Dramaturgy Darryl Pinckney
Costumes Jacques Reynaud
Co-direction Charles Chemin
Collaborator for scenography Annick Lavallée-Benny
Collaborator for lighting design Marcello Lumaca
Sound design and music Nick Sagar
Make-up Véronique Pfluger
Performance engineering Enrico Maso
Artistic and technical coordination Thaiz Bozano
Collaboration for costume design Flavia Ruggeri
Literary collaboration Bernardo Haumont

With Maria de Medeiros, Aline Belibi, Rodrigo Ferreira, Klaus Martini, Sofia Menci, Gianfranco Poddighe, Janaína Suaudeau

Production Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Teatro della Pergola, Florence. Coproduction Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia – Teatro Stabile di Bolzano – São Luiz Teatro Municipal de Lisboa – Festival d’Automne à Paris. En collaboration avec Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. Avec le soutien de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian - Délégation en France et de Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Coréalisation Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris.