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Entre Chiens et Louves

LE BON MARCHÉ

Following the success of its Au Bonheur des Dames

immersive theater experience in 2022, Le Bon Marché

Rive Gauche raised the curtain once again in 2023,

inviting renowned French circus troupe Cirque Le Roux

to stage an exclusive performance Entre Chiens et Louves

set within the walls of the iconic Paris department store

Known for productions including The Elephant in the

Room 2015 and A Deer in the Headlights 2019 nomi

nated for a Molière award for Best Visual Creation in

2020 the troupes distinctive cultural and

aesthetic blend has become its visual hall

mark Subtly interweaving elements of circus

performance theater and film Entre Chiens

et Louves tells the story of three characters who all lived

in the same apartment in three different eras: 1850, 1960

and the present day. Despite being centuries apart,

they share their troubles and, as the play progresses,

hurtle inexorably towards change The scenes unfold in a

succession of balancing acts acrobatics and contortions

accompanied by an ingenious array of behindthescenes

stage machinery The store was transformed for each

performance giving way to a central stage with seating

for the audience Instead of a circus tent a sleekly elegant

set took shape around the central escalator gracefully

inhabited by the eight performers in a technical feat that

turned the space into a real theater as if by magic