first of all,
for me,
juliette binoche is an actress,
for such movies as THE ENGLISH PATIENT,
BLEU, LE CHOCOLAT, JETLAG, etc...
if you want.
but i never expected to ever see her
performing in something like this.
color me surprised!!
:D~
it was suggested to me by lucrecia,
& her first choice as to what night she wanted to see this
didn't suit me at all;
but then,
she relented & agreed on friday night.
so,
tonight was the night.
i hadn't read anything about it,
only researched some pics for this blog,
to keep my mind totally open
to this experience.
well...
i was really not disappointed.
quite the opposite!!
:)~
two souls sharing a journey,
with its passions & tensions,
you see juliette & akram evolve on stage
through dancing & acting,
acknowledging the audience as their witnesses.
as far as the moves go,
i didn't see anything truly innovative or even daring.
but since we have here in quebec
some of the best troups in the world,
the standards here are very high.
but still,
the choregraphy was captivating.
the whole concept between dance & theater
was not for me a novelty either,
as i'd seen other british troups do just that in the past.
but IN-I was very well conceived,
taking us in
& holding us in its grip
with its mood that seeps into your soul,
through its monologues & dialogues,
& the dancing.
their exploration of love
can be charming at times,
troubling at others,
but never boring.
the technical aspect of the show
was simply flawless.
the scenography was simple & yet most effective.
& the music!!!
oh, the music!!
seductive, heartwrenching, simply moving.
i really loved it!!
:)~
all in all,
juliette & akram delivered a performance
that will remain engraved in my heart
as they managed to touch it
& move it.
bravo juliette!!
bravo akram!!
they got three well deserved curtain calls tonight.
& thanks to lucrecia
for changing her plans
to better accomodate me.
:)~
HUGZ