Compagnie Bal/
Jeanne Mordoj (Fr)
Eloge du Poil (In Praise of Hairiness)
UK Premiere
Barbican, The Pit >
Wed 27 > Sat 30 Jan
7.45pm
Meet the Artists Thu 28 Jan
Runs approx 65 mins/no interval
£12
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‘This is one of the beautiful treasures of the season. At first it’s our eyes that open up to this show, our hearts quickly follow’.
L’Est Republicain
You have to take a risk, accept your discomfort, allow yourself to go with it and let go. It’s almost dizzying’.
Telerama
In a fairground-carnival setting, sharing her freakshow stage with a badger, a mountain goat and other natural curiosities, she juggles egg yolks and bamboo and forces us to consider taboos that rarely come to the surface. Ventriloquist, contortionist and multi-talented circus artist, the charismatic bearded lady reveals truths about identity, perception, sex, and finally death itself.
Jeanne Mordoj was brought up in rural France. Her parents were sculptors and goat farmers. At 18 she joined Cirque Bidon for a 300 performance tour of Italy, travelling in horse-drawn caravans. She has trained and worked with Jérôme Thomas, Yoshi Oida and Jorg Müller among other circus and theatre artists, and from 2002-2006 performed with the Cahin Caha circus group. Eloge du Poil is her third solo show exploring aspects of femininity and meaning.
Read Lucy Powell's preview in The Times online >
Conceived & performed by: Jeanne Mordoj
Directed by: Pierre Meunier
Production: Compagnie Bal
Co-production: La Breche, Cherbourg; Pronomades en Haute-Garonne; Theatre de l’Espace, Besancon; Le Merlan, Marseille; Parc de la Villette, Paris; Equinoxe, Chateauroux; Cirque-Theatre d’Elbeuf; Les Subsistances, Lyon.
Presented in association with bite10
Photos © Christophe Raynaud de Lage & Camille Sauvage
