She is deeply marked by the reproductions of the artist including those representing Ida Rubinstein, the muse, fascinating and exotic dancer. In Lost in Ballets Russes, Lara draws from her memory both the paintings of the great-uncle and some artifacts of the s, to create an autobiographical piece as a tribute to her father, envisioning her dance as a ritual that transcends time.
Lost in Ballets russes is a solo project by Lara Barsacq. A video recording of the performance is available for screenings. Contact us for more information. Both pieces form a diptych. In October , she will created Kassia Undead. This production is available in English or in French. Choreographer Lara Barsacq, between Ballets Russes and female icons.
An astonishing performance on memory, between quirky humor and tragedy, that of the horrors of mankind like that of lost time. Alain Lambert, musicologie. It is with archival accuracy and at the same time an immense tenderness that Lara tells the story of Ida [Rubinstein] and, in so doing, of her own family. It was a revelation, I found a great source of inspiration! Some people may try to be as faithful as possible to the work; for my part, it was the solution of emancipation that appeared to me the most inspiring.
The net of the official history of dance has huge holes. Many are passing through. In particular, women. Fortunately, in recent years, a new generation of artists is passionate about the past and is paying attention, as rigorously and amorously, to personalities more or less fallen in the oblivion. The one who, as a child, dreamed of a poster of Ida, made her her heroine : "She is a huge inspiration. She was a feminist who took risks, stripped herself in !
I'm shifting what she did, I dare to touch it to give it a place in history. Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde, Sometimes it all starts with a poster hanging on the kitchen wall. For Lara Barsacq, it was with a reproduction of a poster of the Ballets Russes, depicting the dancer Ida Rubinstein in full flight, loose hair, loose dress and bare legs, free.
