In 2009 and 2010, in Jerusalem, Ruth Rosenthal and Xavier Laine gathered images and sounds by attending memorial and national celebrations, in order to offer their vision of Israeli society and give an account of its “headlong rush”. An “emotional dictatorship” whose mechanisms are demonstrated by Jerusalem Cast Lead, a documentary theatre performance. The Winter Family's work embraces the symbols, codes and self-celebrations of the Hebrew state. Alone on a stage on which an uninterrupted flow of images is projected, and where the litany of UN resolutions is heard, Ruth Rosenthal takes us along on this sound, textual and visual journey. In turn witness and spokesperson, she becomes our guide, the illuminating presence of a complex history, that of her country. MS
Distribution
conception, recordings, direction and scenography Winter Family
sound and video Xavier Klaine
lighting Julienne Rochereau
artistic collaboration Yaël Perlman
additional voices (French version) Yael Karavan, Jean-Baptiste Duchenne
with Ruth Rosenthal
Production
coproduction Winter Family, l'Espal Scène conventionnée Théâtre du Mans
artist in residence Ferme du Buisson, scène nationale de Marne-la-Vallée et à la Fonderie du Mans
with the support of the Charter of diffusion signed by Onda, Arcadi, OARA, ODIA Normandie and Réseau en scène Languedoc-Roussillon
Winter Family are associat artists to the Centquatre.