Emma’s Ball
When, in 2010, the Nouveau Théâtre d’Angers invited Caroline Guiela Nguyen to run a training and research workshop she chose to work on Madame Bovary. Le Bal d’Emma, first presented at Montélier in May 2012 as part of the Comédie de Valence Theatre’s Ambivalence(s) Festival, was the beginning of a cycle devoted to the character of Emma Bovary. This immersive show brought together on the same stage 4 professional actors and 25 amateurs in a 1970s dance hall in the commune of Montélier, close to Valence.
Le Bal d’Emma (Emma’s Ball) picks up on the themes dear to Flaubert, namely the collapse of one’s illusions, broken promises, waves of disappointment, and the monstrous behaviour that falling from too high a place can give rise to. .
Le Bal d’Emma is the first part of a series of two episodes based on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. The second, entitled Elle Brûle, was made in 2013.
Le Bal d’Emma (Emma’s Ball), first presented at Montélier in May 2012 as part of the Comédie de Valence Theatre’s Ambivalence(s) Festival, was the beginning of a cycle devoted to the character of Emma Bovary. The second, entitled Elle Brûle, premiered in 2013 in Valence.
DirectionCaroline Guiela Nguyen
Writing Mariette Navarro
Scenography Alice Duchange
Costumes Benjamin Moreau
Sound Antoine Richard
Light Jérémie Papin
CompositionJosé Schmeltz
Cast Boutaïna El-Fekkak, Alexandre Michel, Jean-Claude Odoul, Pierric Plathier
With the participation of 20 non professional comedians from Montélier.
Production Les Hommes Approximatifs, La Comédie de Valence CDN Drôme-Ardèche
