A little getaway to TNN to see Racine(s), a contemporary circus show, this circus that puts bodies in the service of emotion more than performance.
Racine(s) is a work of stunning beauty where a young woman, the Israeli circus performer Inbal Ben Haim, sensually spins in the air amidst an entanglement of rope-roots before painfully becoming one with the earth of origins. Around her smooth rope, which she alternately tightens and releases, she tells us the prodigious story of humans nestling in roots they believe are theirs and yet—like the monstrous rope DNA revealed by a spectator—also imprison them. For this reason, the rare moments when Inbal frees herself from her ropes raise an unspeakable hope.
The hypnotic music of David Amor (which reminded us of the sound of Aboriginal didgeridoos so often heard in the Australian outback), obtained with the help of improbable instruments, does more than accompany the show; it anticipates and prolongs Inbal’s movements. It converses with the artist’s body.
But of course, tribute must be paid to the work of Jean-Jacques Minazio, the playwright and director, a central figure in this stunning creation. He has managed to reconcile the philosophical rigor of the subject with the formal beauty of the circus artist’s figures while respecting the spectator’s freedom.
After two gala performances in a captivated TNN, Racine(s) will travel. […] It is one of those (rare) shows that embed themselves deep in your memory to make you better. Forever.
Patrick Mottard
