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December 2023
Solstice by Pierre Lac
Students in the 13th class are presenting a solo exercise entitled “Solstice”, a first independent exercise in which each student imagines a short form lasting 5 to 10 minutes. Each project leader works in pairs with another student from the graduating class, who acts as an outsider and privileged partner. The student manages all stages of the process, has his/her own budget and workspace, in total autonomy, accompanied by members of ESNAM’s Pedagogical Council. The presentation follows 5 weeks of work.
“Before learning to love, homosexuals learn to lie. We are courageous liars”. – Michel Marc Bouchard
“It’s amazing what shame can do to a body, the way it affects you”. – Camille Desombre/Matthieu Foucher
Stage direction and performance: Pierre Lac
Based on Tom à la ferme by Michel Marc Bouchard (éditions théâtrales)
Outside view: Kahina Abderrahmani
Music: Pierre-Alexandre Tanesy
Thanks to Manuel Dias and Kahina Abderrahmani, Thomas Rousseau and Antoine Lenoir, Pierre-Alexandre Tanesy, members of the pedagogical council, Mathilde Peinetti and Raphaël Dupuy for help with construction, to the 13th promotion, to those who watch over me from afar, and to the Althéa agency. Using a wearable puppet built by Pascale Blaison and Carine Gualdaroni, 2018 (Instrumentarium ESNAM).
Video production: Stéphane Nota