Choreographies by French artists created for La Fountaine’s fairy tales.

Evening of “Fables à La Fontaine”, created and first staged in 2001 by the group La Petite Fabrique, is based on a simple idea. Choreographers were invited to tell through movement and music short stories inspired by the works of Jean de La Fontaine.

Programme includes:

The Oak and the Reed / choreography: Mourad Merzouki

“The Oak and the Reed” illustrates the confrontation between two different, yet very related dance concepts. On the one hand, the oak is a symbol of nature, thanks to its grandeur and its resistance to the elements, and on the other, the reed, susceptible to change, subject to the elements, but never giving in to them.

The Raven and the Fox / choreography by Dominique Hervieu

“The Raven and the Fox” is the only fairy tale that I can still quote from memory today, 30 years later: “Nice brother, I can’t get happy when I look at you!” Dominique Hervieu

In this performance, the choreographer presents her interpretation of the fairy tale, presenting a vision that transcends the boundaries of dance art by weaving in videos and visuals.

Critics / Choreography: Lia Rodrigues

“In working on this fairy tale, we came closer to Jean de la Fontaine-artist, to his anxieties, thoughts and choices. The issues he raises allowed me to find points of contact between the France of the Louisiana era, described and criticized in harsh terms by La Fontaine, and the way we are perceived and the way others perceive us in Brazil today. Who are the strong and the weak of the modern world? Are victory and defeat not just a projection of our mind? Can we imagine, as in “The Oak and the Reed,” that relationships of strength take surprising shapes and new possibilities emerge? Let us allow ourselves to be surprised by the world, let us not prejudge its shape in advance, let us not take definitive positions, let us be vulnerable to change.” Lia Rodrigues