Bettina Blanc Penther

Bettina Blanc Penther – SECRETLY TROUBLED (Studio Residency 2024)

On a white stage, within a muted soundscape, a figure moves from one situation to another. Drifting inside oversized jeans, the character spends the entire piece attempting to free themselves from a sense of shame that flushes their cheeks. Whether allegorically or literally, they untie ropes that split their body, trace equations in the air, put on sneakers that are not their own, and wait for catastrophe.

Secretly Troubled is a work steeped in a cinematic atmosphere. The dramaturgy of gesture and sound unfolds along a fine line between narration and abstraction. It raises the question of how we heal from our shame or how we might repair it.

Credits

  • Conception et interprétation : Bettina Blanc Penther
    Collaboration artistique Marcela Santander Corvalán
    Regard extérieur Valérie Castan
    Création sonore Diane Blondeau
    Objet et scénographie Cécile Bouffard

  • Production, diffusion, administration Lucille Belland

    Coproduction (en cours)  Théâtre de Vanves | La Station, Nice | Le Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris | Workspacebrussels | le ViVarium, Rennes | Parallèle - Pratiques artistiques émergentes internationales, Marseille et 3 bis f Soutiens : Ballet National de Marseille | L’Entrepont, Nice | Le CND- centre national de la danse, Pantin | NAVE, Santiago de Chile.