Twin Houses
Teatro Maria Matos
16 May at 10pm
17 May at 5pm
AUTHOR AND PERFORMER Nicole Mossoux
DIRECTION Nicole Mossoux e Patrick Bonté
SET DESIGN Johan Daenen
COSTUMES Colette Huchard
MANNEQUINS/PUPPETS Jean-Pierre Finotto
ORIGINAL MUSIC Christian Genet
STAGE MANAGEMENT Mikha Wajnrych
TECHNICAL DIRECTION Pierre Stoffyn
TECHNIQUE Dance and puppets
FOR AUDIENCES OVER M/12
TIME 60 minutes
LANGUAGE Without words
In co-production with Charleroi/Danses (Centre Chorégraphique de la Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles), Atelier Sante-Anne and the Brigittines
Imagine finding yourself invaded by a multitude of beings who act through you without asking your opinion. They grab hold of one or another part of your body, creep in between your intentions and your gestures, emitting contradictory voices, strange discourses... “Twin Houses”, a multiple monologue, presents Nicole Mossoux and five articulate mannequins, in a confusion where one no longer knows who is manipulating who, who holds power over the other, the actor or the mannequin.
Nicole Mossoux's and Patrick Bonté's only foray into the domain of animated forms, in Twin Houses the dancer is confronted by its doubles… Since its premiere, the performance has toured continuously across the five continents.
Since meeting in 1985, Nicole Mossoux and Patrick Bonté have, in turn, made three films and twenty-two live performances.
On an edge between dance and theatre, their work aims to melt these two disciplines into a single language by exploring precise themes and expressing them through movement. Their performances, in which the actor or dancer’s presence is always fundamental, seek to create an atmosphere that touches the spectator — where his own self is the guide to the emotions he feels.
Over and above the unmistakable “style” of the company, each performance, be it intimate or involving a large cast, deals with a very separate and particular subject. Each creation, through theatricality, gesture and a combination of strangeness and familiarity, aims to find its own language. Jointly directed by a man and a woman, the company’s creative vision demonstrates, almost alternately, a real complementary of masculinity and femininity.
Nicole Mossoux and Patrick Bonté’s performances have been presented in approximately thirty different countries.