Available Tue, Feb 16–Sun, Feb 28, 2021
Free & open to all
In French with English subtitles
60 minutes
Live-Filmed Performance from France
La Boxeuse amoureuse
A Genre-Bending Original Creation from La Seine Musicale Featuring Music, Ballet, and Boxing
Music by Arthur H
Choreographed and performed by Marie-Agnès Gillot
“An unexpected and very successful trio” – France Inter
La Boxeuse amoureuse takes us inside Boulogne-Billancourt’s new venue, La Seine Musicale, for a stirring genre-bending performance that brings together music, ballet, and boxing.
French singer-songwriter Arthur H—three-time winner of France’s Victoire de la music, the country’s highest musical honor—and former Paris Opera Ballet étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot combine for a symbolic battle, filled with emotion and ambiguity.
In 2017, Arthur H released a transfixing music video portraying a poetic sparring match between Gillot and actor Roschdy Zem. The clip has been viewed more than 4 million times. Three years later, the Seine Musicale invited the musician and the prima ballerina to develop the video into a live performance.
Gillot transforms the Seine Musicale into a boxing ring where she stages a series of confrontations with Olympic boxing champion Souleymane Cissokho and athletes Staiv Gentis and Tom Duquesnoy. They are accompanied by Arthur H performing his varied and eclectic catalogue drawing influences from Bach, jazz, blues, gypsy, and Middle Eastern music with instrumentalist Nicolas Repac.
These six performers, through their various styles, combine music, dance, and physical prowess to create a unique and total performance.
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageFrench with English subtitles
- CountryFrance
- CastArthur H, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Souleymane Cissokho, Staiv Gentis, Tom Duquesnoy, Nicolas Repac
Available Tue, Feb 16–Sun, Feb 28, 2021
Free & open to all
In French with English subtitles
60 minutes
Live-Filmed Performance from France
La Boxeuse amoureuse
A Genre-Bending Original Creation from La Seine Musicale Featuring Music, Ballet, and Boxing
Music by Arthur H
Choreographed and performed by Marie-Agnès Gillot
“An unexpected and very successful trio” – France Inter
La Boxeuse amoureuse takes us inside Boulogne-Billancourt’s new venue, La Seine Musicale, for a stirring genre-bending performance that brings together music, ballet, and boxing.
French singer-songwriter Arthur H—three-time winner of France’s Victoire de la music, the country’s highest musical honor—and former Paris Opera Ballet étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot combine for a symbolic battle, filled with emotion and ambiguity.
In 2017, Arthur H released a transfixing music video portraying a poetic sparring match between Gillot and actor Roschdy Zem. The clip has been viewed more than 4 million times. Three years later, the Seine Musicale invited the musician and the prima ballerina to develop the video into a live performance.
Gillot transforms the Seine Musicale into a boxing ring where she stages a series of confrontations with Olympic boxing champion Souleymane Cissokho and athletes Staiv Gentis and Tom Duquesnoy. They are accompanied by Arthur H performing his varied and eclectic catalogue drawing influences from Bach, jazz, blues, gypsy, and Middle Eastern music with instrumentalist Nicolas Repac.
These six performers, through their various styles, combine music, dance, and physical prowess to create a unique and total performance.
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageFrench with English subtitles
- CountryFrance
- CastArthur H, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Souleymane Cissokho, Staiv Gentis, Tom Duquesnoy, Nicolas Repac