Rien de trop

“La Fontaine’s little-known fable Rien de trop (Nothing Too Much) is in my eyes the author’s most “ecological” fable. It reminds me of man’s excessive use of the resources at his disposal. We find there the animal world which is familiar to us but the tone hardens, the moral is more acerbic. The sheep, vulnerable in other La Fontaine fables, is devastating crops here. The wolf maintains its thankless role. He’s devastating an entire herd. And man devastates the pack of wolves to find himself in front of a ravaged field, where neither harvest nor animal world ensures any form of balance.” 

Danièle Desnoyers approaches the creation of this piece through work on space. A space that is closing more and more on the performer’s body; where the velocity of movement becomes more and more complex and from which the presence of La Fontaine’s animal world arises. Two performers share the roles. Evocative, their bodies draw their resources in excess, reflecting both the euphoria that comes with this behavior and the disillusion that follows. 

Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon