Portait of a woman with suitcase | Dulcinée Langfelder & Cie

Imagine a woman who is only at home with a suitcase in her hand, who travels in a world without borders, geographical or temporal, a world that can only be found on stage. She looks at her life as that of a small ant — from the perspective of this state in which we sometimes find ourselves while travelling – with her suitcase under her arm, against which she collides, on which she grows up, with which she discusses and in which she finds her soul.

Through movement, humorous texts, songs and integration of image projections linked with the choreography, Dulcinea brings us to a wonderful journey in the heart of the unconscious.

A coproduction with the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Langfelder is a theatrical magician. In an hour and a half of constant pleasure, she made us burst with laughter and gripped us with compassion. What we have here is a true and powerful artist. [...] Portrait of a Woman with Suitcase approaches perfection as only a stage production can. It makes us laugh, cry, enjoy life and despair, revealing this multi-talented tiny woman named Dulcinea Langfelder.

The performance was exquisitely disconcerting, subtly fascinating and possesses, above all, an expressive richness which is always front and center. [...] Dulcinea dances, sings, dialogues with her suitcase (that is, with herself) as well as with the audience – in Spanish – in order to make her work as accessible as possible. And she achieves that goal. [...] the 3 curtain calls were a pale reflection of the magnificent experience we’d just had. An experience well worth renewing.

Portrait of a Woman with Suitcase offers the image of a mature woman, anguished but resolutely optimist, who unburdens herself of her fears, inherited by her own past but also of all womankind. Hello Eve, Medusa, Pandora, Little Red Riding Hood and Joan of Arc. She delivers her story as though whispering a secret. We leave the performance with the impression that we’ve just had a good time with a friend.

Credits

Concept and interpretation : Dulcinée Langfelder

Direction: Jean Maheux

Technical team: Claude Désormeaux and Gaetan Duhammel

Music :
Originals compositions and arrangements: Christian Proulx
Gnossienne #4: Éric Satie, saxophone : Peter Richard
Something Cool: Billy Barnes, Piano: James Gelfin
Try a little tenderness: Harry M. Woods, guitar : Christian Proulx
Natural Woman: Carol King, accompaniment : Christian Proulx
Rainbow Sleeves: Tom Waits, saxophone : Peter Richard

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