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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Watching people in the light

Jérôme Bel and the classical theatre

Augusto Corrieri

pp. 213-223

Abstract

In a 2001 interview, when asked "What is a show for you?" the French choreographer Jérôme Bel replied rather simply: "It is live people in the dark who watch other living ones in the light" (Bel, 2001).

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Published in:

Finburgh Clare, Lavery Carl (2011) Contemporary French theatre and performance. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 213-223

DOI: 10.1057/9780230305663_17

Full citation:

Corrieri Augusto (2011) „Watching people in the light: Jérôme Bel and the classical theatre“, In: C. Finburgh & C. Lavery (eds.), Contemporary French theatre and performance, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 213–223.