Le Marteau sans maître

Maurice Béjart’s work is one of fascinating magnitude and diversity. The “Marteau sans maître” illustrates Béjart’s passion for the music of his century and presents clear choreographic writing that has been stripped bare and whose abstraction has its roots in the purest academic vocabulary. The work of the choreographer on Boulez’ partition is based exclusively on the relationship between the musical partition and movement. It is one of Maurice Béjart’s major works, and was inspired by the poems of René Char. Here, his passion for poetic metaphysics, his attraction for the Far East and his personal symbolism shine through.
“Solar Eve, conceivable in flesh and in dust, I don’t believe in the revelation of others, but only yours”.

“Man is just a flower of the air held by the earth, cursed by celestial bodies, inhaled by death: the breath and the shadow of this coalition, occasionally, elevate him”.

Source : René Char, Maison de la Danse programme