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Therefore I Am

design, direction and interpretation ⎥ Amélie Gratias

lighting design ⎥ Yvan Labasse

general management ⎥ Yann Duclos

Therefore I Am was created at the Théâtre National de Bretagne in July 2021 and presented at the Printemps des Comédiens in June 2022 as part of the collective creation From Outside In , bringing together Amélie Gratias and the artists Steven Cohen, Maxime Thébault and Mathilde Viseux.

creation 2021

PRESENTATION

Cut and then re-summon the blood. Offer the sharp body, the beating body, to the viewer's eye. Invite them to witness this necessary ritual after the shock. Remind them of the incredible capacity of the human body to get back up, to not give in to collapse. Create a world where what binds us to our ghosts, our monsters, our wounds, our silences, and our stupor can be severed. Perform these gestures as the ultimate alternative to inner death. Let anger burst forth, no longer be afraid of it and split it in the air, to choose life, the only possible response to the brutality of the world.

This is the gesture of Amélie Gratias, who risks expelling without fear of revealing the body, the receptacle of so much possible violence. She summons before the spectator's eyes a form of power and invites him to delve within himself to find his own power, whatever it may be. And, perhaps, to find peace .

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