Le genre sur la scène : incontournable signe? (Gender on Stage : Unavoidable Sign?)
Le genre sur la scène : incontournable signe? (Gender on Stage : Unavoidable Sign?)

Summary/Abstract: A commonplace in performance arts wants that putting a man andwoman together on stage inexorably brings spectators to see a couplerelationship between them. Most of the time, in theater, and inevitably in dance,body is the central significant material of the show. This leads us to questionthe area of freedom that creators can find through gender restrictions presumedby the convention enunciated earlier. How are they playing with the body tosignificate beyond feminin and masculin? Through the examples of Théâtre duTrillium’s Fucking Carl and Collectif Nous sommesici’sChanging Room, wewill approach the way of transvestism, strategy as old as theater itself, andwithCompagnieKadidi’sSamediDétente, we will examine the exploitation ofboth genders bodily qualities within the same performer, inside the same show.Gender on stage, prison or liberating constraint?

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