MOLODEC / LE GARS

Soundrama «MOLODEC»-«LE GARS»

New project of the State Nations theatre and SounDrama Studio is the first international work in soundrama genre, that united the best forces of Russian and French avant-garde theatre.

New project of the State Nations theatre and SounDrama Studio is the first international work in soundrama genre, that united the best forces of Russian and French avant-garde theatre. The directors of this unusual performance, Vladimir Pankov (Russia) and Lucie Berelowich (France) based it on the poem by Marina Cvetaeva “Molodets” (Le Gars), written both in French and Russian languages. The French premiere of the performance, rehearsed in two languages in two countries, took place in October in Trident Theatre, Scène Nationale de Cherbourg-Octeville. “Le Gars” had a great success in Cherbourg, a city that has written itself into history as a place of love and separation by the legendary Jacque Demi’s film.

“Le Gars” by Pankov- Berelowich is about love and death, which are inseparable in Cvetaeva’s work and in this first staging of the poem. Following the author, the creators turned to Russian and French folklore, traditional songs and lullabies, mixed them with rock music and ended up with a completely original piece of work, that does not have any analogues in contemporary theatre.

Rhythmic and word game of poetry is transmitted in this performance through a synthesis of music, vocal, melodeclamation, rhythm and dance. Russian text is combined with the French, actors are speaking and singing in both languages.

The mystical story of love between a girl and a vampire is told in an emotionally reserved way. The performance, designed in black and white tones, starts as a preparation for a concert, growing further into a heartbreaking drama. The passion is developing within the restrained high-tech stage design, performers are dressed into formal concert costumes. Only the elder’s branches, coiling around the piano’s legs and the candles on the top of it remind about the folklore origins of the poem…

“Le Gars” performers are Russian actors and musicians, participants of many famous musical and theatre projects, as well as the actors of different French drama and music theatres.

Actors and Musicians: Anastasia Sycheva, Suliane Brahim, Alisa Estrina, Emmanuelle Lafon, Andrey Zavodyuk, Thibault Lacroix, Vladimir Pankov, Piere Ninney, Sergey Rodyukov, Alexander Gusev