TUE 16 / WED 17 / THUR 18 / FRI 19th February / 8pm

CAMILLE / Lucia Škandíková, Veronika Riedlbauchová

Poetic physical theatre / 70 mins / No language barrier

“Is this her? Yes. She looks very young. How old is she? And she is already modelling for him, isn’t she? You don’t know that? Rodin asked her to pose for him. This is so obscene, that Kiss! They are the talk of all Paris! She’s got no shame!” – “But I am a sculptor!”

Enter the studio of the French female sculptor Camille Claudel. In the shadow of her teacher, art partner and lover August Rodin she hardly had the chance to develop her great talent. Hurt by the unrequited relationship, rejected by society and her own family, and physically exhausted, she locked herself off from the surrounding world in her studio. She destroyed most of her works. She spent thirteen years in a lunatic asylum. It was only at the end of the 20th century that public interest in her arose, and soon she became a legend. This original performance by Veronika Riedlbauchova and Lucia Skandikova playfully and with exaggeration explores the tragic life of the artist Camille Claudel. They unfold the fragments of her story, dreams and desires, her passion for the sculptor and sculptures. The authors explore the boundaries between reality and insanity through visual and physical metaphors.

 Performers/Concept: Veronika Riedlbauchová a Robert Janč, Stage design: Lucia Škandíková, Score: Michal Cáb, Light design: Adam Uzelac, Production: Šárka Maršíková, Producer: Studio Damúza