On the official site of the Free Theater, in Paris, nothing appears about the show
Les Chatouilles or the Dance of Anger
.
From January 18 to February 2, 2023, the theater was to host Andréa Bescond's play, which tells the story of a raped little girl trying to rebuild herself.
Largely autobiographical story in which the actress recounts the rapes of which she was the victim as a child.
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“
The dialogue is too difficult with my production,
she said in a video posted on Instagram.
I asked to have the same displays as many other artists and one month before the performances, I still have nothing in Paris.
»
The artist in conflict with JMD production, the house of Jean-Marc Dumontet also at the head of the Free Theater, believes "
that he is made to pay for his commitment against violence
".
To support her point, she recounts the harsh words that would have been retorted to her.
"
I am told that I no longer want to, that the fight against violence has completely eaten me up
".
"
In this world, in this country, when we fight against violence we are considered a radical and completely binary person
", she expresses, annoyed.
Invoking respect for her “
integrity
” and announcing that she no longer wanted to be “
exploited by people who do not take the measure of the importance of this fight
”, Andréa Bescond took the decision to cancel the planned performances.
She will produce her own show, crowned by the Molière for best solo performer in 2016, brought to the big screen in 2018 with a selection in the Un certain Regard section at Cannes.
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Andréa Bescond accompanies her video with a text that exposes an infallible will: “
I have been repeatedly told how powerful these people were.
But too bad, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of anything except passive complicity around pedocrime and incest
”.
An approach largely supported by the actresses Romane Bohringer, Alexandra Lamy or Vanessa Demouy, as well as the choreographer Mehdi Kerkouche.