[Interview to be found in the spring issue of têtu·, on newsstands or by subscription.] Leading the Théâtre du Soleil troupe for 60 years, Ariane Mnouchkine offers a living art that helps us think and invites us to respond. We met her during the rehearsals of Ici sont les dragons, her new show on stage until 26 April.
Photography: Louise Desnos for têtu·
There are some consciences that do not need to raise their voices to be heard. This is the case with Ariane Mnouchkine, founder in 1964 of the Théâtre du Soleil. Now 87, this utopian in action has accompanied many leftist struggles over the decades, such as the movement to defend undocumented people at Saint-Bernard Church in Paris, in 1996.
Assuming today not to think “like the young”, Ariane Mnouchkine continues to claim a lineage of thought, notably regarding secularism and universality, now questioned by a portion of the left. Notably toward La France insoumise, which she does not hesitate to denounce: “You know that won’t please”, she says at the end of our interview, aware that her words will irritate some.
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Sophie Brennan