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6th
  Jean Rabate
Le Cirque
  France 1986
Videotape, 5:50, colour
'Le Cirque' is the title of a painting by the French neo-impressionist artist Seurat (1859 - 1891), upon which Jean Rabate has based this production. The foreground of Seurat's painting shows part of a circus ring with an acrobat standing on the back of a white horse. In the middle of the ring are two elegant clowns, one in red and the other in a gold-coloured costume. The stillness of the audience seated on stands in the background forms a contrast with the dynamism of the circus.

Marie-Adèle Rajandream

Camera: Frederique Gros, Editing: Martine Zevort, Light: Charles Jobert, Philippe Bessy, Sound: Patricia Delasalle, Music: Marc Monnet, Choreography: Karine Saporta, Costumes: Laurence Perquy, Poppy Moreni, Production: Musée d'Orsay, Dancers: Anne-Marie Baun, Nathalie Ruiz, Henri Robe, Stéphane Schneider