Under what conditions can a performance be considered archival? How quickly does the age of acting and performance reach the point of self-dissolution? So what is a truly new spectacle, which is not a repetition, but a breakthrough in the field of aesthetics? Three seemingly very different questions, but which emerged in a thrilling way, at the Biennial of Performing Arts in the Mediterranean, organized by the Théâtre des 13 vents, Montpellier’s National Drama Center located on the edge of the city, in a dense atmosphere rich in all kinds of exchanges, the breaking point was reached last Saturday. What for ? The reason is, Nathalie Garraud and Olivier Saccomano, who have led CDN for eight years, are not yet satisfied with initiating the Biennale, which is the third edition. They combined the festival with “Qui vive”, a monthly format they created in the form of carte blanche to scheduled artists who were invited to take turns inviting whoever they wanted, to screen films. At Qui vive, researcher and professor of theater history and aesthetics Olivier Neveux offered a seminar, this year, on “the greatness of
In Montpellier, the Palestinian National Theater and its founder, François Abou Salem, are in the spotlight – Libération
