Émilie Rousset Playlist Politique
[Theatre]
How does music connect to History? Over time, how exactly does it channel the memory of salient events? How do politicians use music to stage their entrances, their speeches? How can music make us submit to authority?
In 2020, Émilie Rousset received a commission to create a work based on a hymn. In the middle of the Covid pandemic this choice offered the potential for coming together using the power of music. Émilie decided she would use Beethoven’s famous Ode to Joy. As director/creator, she began her research, veering between hope and disillusion, attempting to understand the connections between music and politics. She amassed a series of media images, specialist interviews, and even bits of her own life – and her playful approach to these archives led her to create a unique, off the wall theatre work. With the support of the actors Anne Steffens and Manuel Vallade, Political Playlist shows us a journey through time which explores the offstage shenanigans of History, confronting and challenging our ideals.
Credits
Designed, written and staged by Émilie Rousset
Featuring Anne Steffens, Manuel Vallade
Video, Gabrielle Stemmer
Stage work, Simon Hatab
Writing collaboration, Sarah Maeght
Lights system, Manon Lauriol
Video and sound manager, Romain Vuillet
General manager, Jérémie Sananes
Light management Clarisse Bernez-Cambot Labarta alternating with Manon Lauriol and Lucien Prunenec
Trainee stage director, Elina Martinez
With the choirmaster Julie Furton and the participation of amateur singers from the Queerale : Lucie Broussin, Xavier Cartiaux, Jasmin Cichocki, Alex Cloos, Roxane Darlot-Harel, Marianne Garaicoechea, Maurane Guillemoto, Sophie Hebrard, Nicolas Hug, Jeanne Jeannot, Vic Krass, Oualid Latreche, Sarah Maeght, Ayefemi Mehou-Loko, Hugo Poindron, Sable Prost, Jonathan Rocheteau, Sylvère Santin, Charlie Trévu, Johan Tyszler, Anaïs Van Den Bussche, Vincent Vanel, Manon Vaux.
Administration, production, Les Indépendances, Colin Pitrat and Hélène Moulin
Thanks, Esteban Buch, Thibault Jeandemange, Solveig Serre
Interview, Esteban Buch, Simon Hatab, Emilie Rousset, juin 2022
Archival texts, musics, Roselyne Bachelot, Chronique, France Musique, mai 2017; Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphonie n°9 op 125, Minnesota Orchestra, direction Osmo Vänskä, 2006; Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode à la joie, extrait de la Symphonie n°9 op 125, arrangement Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, direction Herbert von Karajan, 1972; Marc van Dessel, Les Roses du Panthéon, documentaire diffusé dans l’émission Bouillon de culture, mai 1991 ; Christian Dupavillon, Comment j'ai mis en scène l'investiture de François Mitterrand, article paru dans Le Monde, mai 2011; Nina Hagen, Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen, paroles Kurt Demmler, musique Michael Heubach, 1974; Stevie Wonder, Pastime Paradise, 1976, arrangement Sylvère Santin, 2022
Domestic Archives, Jean Quéau-Rousset et Sarah Maeght, mai 2022; Alexia Viol, juin 2022
Produced by John Corporation
Co-produced by Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise; La Pop (Paris); Festival NEXT; Théâtre de la Bastille; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Provision studio CN D, Centre natonal de la danse (Paris)
John Corporation has a contract with the Ministry of Culture – Drac Île-de-France and with Région Île-de-France
Residency hosted by Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise; Le lieu unique (Nantes); Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre
Co-directed by Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris); Festival d’Automne à Paris for productions at Théâtre de la Bastille
Co-directed by La Pop; Festival d’Automne à Paris for productions at La Pop
In partnership with France Culture
