Les Louves

In front of a backdrop of the blue and ocre coloured wall paintings of Pompeian villas, of ancient Greek fluted columns and the heavy silk curtains of an immense four-poster bed, three dancers evolve. One man and two women. Their story makes reference to the secret legend of Apollo of Gallotta, who is playing the saxophone. The two women take it in turns to woo him. He loves them both and cannot bring himself to make a choice. Inevitably, tragedy strikes and it is death which will get the better of this love triangle.
Gallotta’s choreography moves from fallings out to reunions, from love to hatred, from tenderness to violence. (…) Always present on stage, Gallotta is the architect of the situation. This timid yet audacious demiurge directly gives life to the characters of his dreams. Clothed in his eternal black coat, he writes his own story on stage, at the margins of that written by the dancers, without giving any explanation, without pointing the finger. He lives his life by reacting to the dance, delighted and surprised to see the bodies lose and find themselves again. As for Claude Mouriéras, the director, he films the dance with remarkable precision and dexterity. He dances with his camera; he too writing the final story of the She-wolves.
Fabienne Barollier – May 1989