One day Pina Bausch asked to greet Bartabas. She had just attended a Zingaro show at Fort Aubervilliers. It was 1990. She was waiting for him in front of the fire, a cigarette in her hand. They didn't find much to say to each other, just
"thank you"
from her to him, and from him to her: these two artists were born silent. The choreographer gave one of her shows at the Théâtre de la Ville, where she in return invited the squire. Once again, the two found themselves, fascinated by each other, clan leaders, she of dancers, he of horses, their tongues loosened by the night and the wine. Bartabas wanted to present him with a horse, Micha Figa. They slipped into the night aboard Bartabas' Plymouth, from the Place du Châtelet to Micha Figa's box. That's where it all began. Thirty-five years later, Bartabas wrote
A gesture downward
to
“remain faithful to what is disappearing”.
This is his third book.
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