We never thought he would come back!
And yet, here are the
Red Shoes
again on display.
And it’s fair!
This show, written by Marc Lavoine with music by Fabrice Aboulker, is quite astonishing when we think of current musical comedies as it takes the opposite direction.
Adapted from Andersen's tale with the eponymous title, the work arouses the emotion aroused by Âgehappy
,
the Odette Joyeux soap opera broadcast in the 1960s. A rose-tinted story with a dancer, journalist , choreographer and of course red pointe shoes that bring glory and… curse.
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One might have thought a story of such romanticism doomed to failure, yet it is a triumph, in Paris as in the regions.
It took the wave of Covid to stop, at the 10th performance, in 2020. Today, its success is resounding and completely deserved, as on stage, everything is thought out and judicious.
The dancers are excellent, whether classical or hip-hop.
The play of lights and their illusions of prodigious draping are sumptuous.
And the three main roles are excellently played.
If Marc Lavoine's texts sometimes have somewhat academic rhymes, we nevertheless enter the story with ease, not to say delight, as the visual side of the show is breathtaking.
Great stage art without anything ostentatious.
Shows that shows can triumph even though they escape the standards imposed by marketing.
This Giselle of the 21st century proves it, who fills with happiness an audience eager for sweet and romantic sensations.
March 9 in Toulouse, 27 in Nantes, April 14 in Lyon, 16 in Arcachon, 17 in Bayonne, 20 in Cannes, 21 in Marseille