A VIBRANT TRIBUTE TO AN UNFORGETTABLE ARTIST.
Celebrated dancer and choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla transforms herself on stage
as the legendary singer Barbara. In this masterful show, she becomes the living
musical icon, transporting the audience into the singer's poetic, melancholy world.
melancholy world of the singer.
Numbered seats.
Through every movement, gesture and expression, Pietragalla reveals the depth of emotion
the depth of the emotions that marked Barbara's music. Her dance becomes a
language, translating the artist's emblematic words and melodies.
Memories, joys and sorrows materialize in every step, offering the audience a unique
a unique visual and emotional experience.
"An October evening at the Châtelet. Unforgettable! An artist's dressing room... His hand in mine,
that wild, enigmatic presence. On stage, she flies, she takes flight. From her piano to
her rocking chair, she savors every moment, every breath, the silence of a room
the silence of a hall vibrating in unison. Her slim, black-clad silhouette, her ballerina-like gait
she observes her audience, an audience won over in advance.
She breathes on stage hours before the curtain opens, taking the pulse of an audience
loved, desired... The stage is her refuge, where all boundaries vanish, black becomes light
black becomes light, time is dislocated, the realities of life are metamorphosed in the
of the spotlight.
Barbara knows that detail sculpts difference, that entering the stage is a joy and a pain
a joy and a pain, and that leaving is a heartbreak. But already, it's time to hit the road for a new adventure
a new adventure, a new blank page to color, the exhilaration of feeling alive.
The musical notes draw a score where sighs dance, where silences dance.
silences dance. Barbara pierced my soul with her whispers and transformed my everyday life into poetry.
into poetry.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
Celebrated dancer and choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla transforms herself on stage
as the legendary singer Barbara. In this masterful show, she becomes the living
musical icon, transporting the audience into the singer's poetic, melancholy world.
melancholy world of the singer.
Numbered seats.
Through every movement, gesture and expression, Pietragalla reveals the depth of emotion
the depth of the emotions that marked Barbara's music. Her dance becomes a
language, translating the artist's emblematic words and melodies.
Memories, joys and sorrows materialize in every step, offering the audience a unique
a unique visual and emotional experience.
"An October evening at the Châtelet. Unforgettable! An artist's dressing room... His hand in mine,
that wild, enigmatic presence. On stage, she flies, she takes flight. From her piano to
her rocking chair, she savors every moment, every breath, the silence of a room
the silence of a hall vibrating in unison. Her slim, black-clad silhouette, her ballerina-like gait
she observes her audience, an audience won over in advance.
She breathes on stage hours before the curtain opens, taking the pulse of an audience
loved, desired... The stage is her refuge, where all boundaries vanish, black becomes light
black becomes light, time is dislocated, the realities of life are metamorphosed in the
of the spotlight.
Barbara knows that detail sculpts difference, that entering the stage is a joy and a pain
a joy and a pain, and that leaving is a heartbreak. But already, it's time to hit the road for a new adventure
a new adventure, a new blank page to color, the exhilaration of feeling alive.
The musical notes draw a score where sighs dance, where silences dance.
silences dance. Barbara pierced my soul with her whispers and transformed my everyday life into poetry.
into poetry.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla