December 17th – 20th, 2024 Théâtre Silvia Monfort, Paris
February 7th – 8th, 2025 Liège Festival, Liège
February 9th, 2025 Salle Stotzem, Dison
March 5th, 2025 Gugliemi Theater, Massa
March 7th, 2025 Teatro Manzoni, Manzoni
April 1st – 6th, 2025 Franco Parenti Theatre, Milan
April 16th, 2025 Teatrodante Carlo Monni, Campi Bisenzio
April 23rd – 24th, 2025 Nest Théâtre, Thionville
May 15th – 24th, 2025 Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne
60 minutes
A Love Story of
New Year’s Eve
An old lady rummages through a trunk. She takes out a bottle of pills, a wedding veil, a remote control, lots of colored balloons… From another trunk comes the music of a music box. An old man appears. He is wearing an old, worn-out formal suit. The man looks at the woman and smiles. He immediately reaches her. He hugs her. The woman rests her head on his shoulder. He caresses her. She holds him tight so as not to lose her balance. He supports her. They dance. He takes a pocket watch out of his pocket: minus five… minus four… minus three… minus two… minus one… and at the stroke of midnight he sets off a firecracker. They kiss. He throws a handful of confetti into the air. The party begins. Happy New Year, my love! He and she are now sixteen. In bathing suits they promise each other eternal love. To the tune of old songs they celebrate the arrival of the new year by dancing their love story backwards.
Il tango delle capinere is the deepening of a study, Ballarini, which belonged to la trilogia degli occhiali. It is the composition of a mosaic of memories that makes bearable the loneliness of those who unfortunately outlive the other.