La Ménagère is the second part of the diptych The Wife / The Housewife. Like “glitch art,” the choreographic writing embraces the obsolescence of such representation to explore a language based on dysfunctioning and “system error”.
The work begins with two objects — a sponge and a vacuum cleaner — which initially shape the choreographic and sonic material.
The piece is built around systematic relationships between gesture and sound, aiming to draw a confining space in which the figure is forced to evolve.
Inspired by Sheila Rowbotham, who in Women, Consciousness, and World (1973) spoke of the “neurosis of nothingness” regarding housework, The Housewife explores a cyclical process, an unchanging context where the repetition of gesture dissolves this figure that constantly seeks to crystallize.
Choreography, performance ans scenography Rebecca Journo
Composer & live musician Mathieu Bonnafous
Light creation Florentin Crouzet-Nico et Iris Julienne
Costume Alya Derris
Dramaturgy & artistic advise Raphaëlle Latini et Tomeo Vergès
Technical management Jules Bourret
Production La Pieuvre
Coproduction Danse Dense - Les Atelier Médicis
Supported project by Région Île-de-France dans le cadre du dispositif FoRTE – Fonds régional pour les talents émergents
Partners Les Petites Scènes Ouvertes (Fr) - Collectif 12 (FR) - Les Brigittines (BE) - La Déviation (FR) - Le point Ephémère (FR) - Micadanses (FR) - Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne (FR)
