Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet

The UPSBD

Photo credits: © Philippe Le Brumen

Marlène Saldana
& Jonathan Drillet

The UPSBD

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Photo credits: © Philippe Le Brumen

CALENDAR

 

2024
SHOWGIRL

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

18 & 19 octobre 2024

NYU Skirball, Festival Crossing the lines – New York (US)

LES CHATS (CREATION !)

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

Du 5 au 7 novembre 2024

Théâtre du Nord CDN – Lille

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

Du 12 au 14 décembre 2024

Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne – Lausanne (CH)

2025
LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

Du 7 au 11 janvier 2025

Théâtre National de Chaillot – Paris

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

17 & 18 janvier 2025

Festival Transforme à Clermont-Ferrand / Comédie de Clermont Ferrand, scène nationale / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès – Clermont-Ferrand

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

27 & 28 mars 2025

MC:2 scène nationale – Grenoble

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

3 & 4 avril 2025

Festival Transforme à Lyon, Maison de la danse / Les Subs / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès – Lyon

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

Du 10 au 12 avril 2025

MC93 scène nationale de Seine-Saint-Denis – Bobigny

SHOWGIRL

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

Du 16 au 18 avril 2025

Théâtre du Point du jour – Lyon

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

26 avril 2025

Charleroi Danse – Bruxelles

LES CHATS

Jonathan Drillet & Marlène Saldana | The UPSBD

27 & 28 mai 2025

Festival Transforme à Rennes, Théâtre National de Bretagne / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès – Rennes

BIOGRAPHY

MARLENE SALDANA works with Sophie Perez & Xavier Boussiron, Boris Charmatz, Christophe Honoré, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Ashley Chen, and has also worked with Yves-Noël Genod, Jérôme Bel, Thomas Lebrun, Théo Mercier, Daniel Jeanneteau, Gerard&Kelly, Krystian Lupa, and Jeanne Balibar. In 2019, she received the Best Actress Award from the Theater and Dance Critics Union for her role as Jacques Demy in Christophe Honoré’s play *Les Idoles*. She also stars in his latest play, *Le ciel de Nantes*.

 

JONATHAN DRILLET has worked with Raimund Hoghe, Christophe Honoré, Hubert Colas, Sanja Mitrovic, Gerard&Kelly, and Julien Prévieux. He currently works as a performer and artistic collaborator with Jonathan Capdevielle, Théo Mercier, and Phia Ménard.

Thanks to such eclecticism and because, like Friedrich Nietzsche, they know that art is given to us to prevent us from dying of the truth, they founded The United Patriotic Squadrons of Blessed Diana together in 2008 and have since written numerous shows, including Le Prix Kadhafi / DORMIR SOMMEIL PROFOND l’Aube d’une odyssée / Fuyons sous la spirale de l’escalier profond, Le Sacre du Printemps Arabe. Their shows have been presented at the Belluard Festival (Switzerland), Studio Chez Bushwick and Park Avenue Armory (New York), Ménagerie de Verre in Paris, Centre Pompidou, TAP in Poitiers, Scène Nationale d’Orléans, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Printemps de Septembre Festival in Toulouse, A Domicile Festival in Guissény, Actoral Festival in Marseille, and Centre National de la Danse (Pantin).

In 2021, they presented two new creations: 22 castors front contre front, a ballet for 22 young performers created in collaboration with choreographers Gaëlle Bourges and Mickaël Phelippeau; and *Showgirl*, a solo piece that premiered in September 2021 at the La Bâtie Festival in Geneva.

They are currently preparing their next creation, Les chats (ou ceux qui frappent et ceux qui sont frappés), a piece for 11 dancers, which will premiere at the Théâtre du Nord in Lille in November 2024.

 

Contact

Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet | The UPSBD

 

Manon Crochemore | manon@fabrikcassiopee.fr
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