Jonathan Capdevielle
Adishatz / Adieu
Through formative teenage years spent learning to imitate pop icons like Madonna and singing the greatest hits from the 1980s, Adishatz / Adieu is a self-portrait of a performer; a collection of songs that wander between real life and fantasy.
Moving between music and conversation, memories of childhood are conjured alongside a past that continues to inform his shifting identity. On a journey to capture the personas of others, he strives to discover the most truthful version of himself. Sung a cappella, Adishatz / Adieu aims to study of the vulnerability of adolescence.
Concept and Performance: Jonathan Capdevielle
Lighting Technician: Patrick Riou
Stage Manager: Christophe Le Bris
Sound Manager: Johann Loiseau
Artistic Collaborator: Gisélle Vienne
Artistic Consultant: Mark Tompkins
Audio Assistant: Peter Rehberg
Touring Artistic Assistant: Jonathan Drillet
Administration: Léonor Baudouin and Manon Crochemore
Choir: Jed Aicher, Jeffrey Funaro, Greg Kefalas, Joey Kovach & Mattew Krob
Mirror-ball construction: Jenni Hensler
“With irony, perversion and off-kilter humor…. his mastery of the stage, his body, and his voice is phenomenal. A rare bird, indeed.” — Le Devoir
55 minutes running time, in French with English subtitles.
Co-presented with American Realness
Jan 15 – 7pm
Jan 16 – 8:30pm
Jan 17 – 4pm
Abrons Arts Center, Playhouse
466 Grand Street in Manhattan
$20
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American Realness is a festival of dance and performance founded by tbspMGMT in partnership with the Abrons Arts Center.
Abrons Arts Center, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is accessible by the F subway line to Delancey Street or the J/M/Z subway lines to Essex Street. This neighborhood is perhaps best known as once being a center of Jewish culture in the city, which is embodied in the famous Katz’s Delicatessen at 205 East Houston Street. The Lower East Side is also known for its numerous contemporary art galleries and its thriving nightlife.
Some staff picks for great restaurants in the area are Benson’s NYC at 181 Essex Street and dirtcandy at 86 Allen Street. Also, the Clinton Street restaurant row sits just west of Abrons Arts Center and is complete with pizzerias, tapas restaurants and local bars.
Featured image by Alain Monot
Adishatz/Adieu is produced by Bureau Cassiopée. Adishatz/Adieu was commissioned by Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon dans le cadre de domaines – FR, Centre Chorégraphique National de Franche-Comté à Belfort dans le cadre de l’accueil-studio – FR and BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen with the development support of Centre national de la Danse (FR). Additional support provided by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Institut Français and with the help of DACM and the technical staff of Quartz, Scène Nationale de Brest.