LE GENRE SUR LA SCENE : INCONTOURNABLE SIGNE?

A commonplace in performance arts wants that putting a man and woman together on stage inexorably brings spectators to see a couple relationship between them. Most of the time, in theater, and inevitably in dance, body is the central significant material of the show. This leads us to question the area of freedom that creators can find through gender restrictions presumed by the convention enunciated earlier. How are they playing with the body to significate beyond feminin and masculin? Through the examples of Théâtre du Trillium‘s Fucking Carl and Collectif Nous sommesici‘sChanging Room, we will approach the way of transvestism, strategy as old as theater itself, and withCompagnieKadidi‘sSamediDétente, we will examine the exploitation of both genders bodily qualities within the same performer, inside the same show. Gender on stage, prison or liberating constraint?