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Brancusi, my love!
Multimedia performance by / with Romanian-Canadian actress Claudia Motea
Brancusi, my love!
Multimedia performance by / with Romanian-Canadian actress Claudia Motea
Duration: 1 h 10 min / Pause: No
Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event!
“Brancusi, my love!” is a highly successful multimedia show inspired by the book of the same name by Romanian-Canadian actress and writer Claudia Motea, translated and published in ten languages (Creator / Libris Publishing House).
The show brings to the fore Constantin Brancusi's great loves through an artistic incursion into his intimate and creative universe.
Nine famous women who were his muses—Margit Pogany, Maria Tanase, Eileen Lane, Peggy Guggenheim, Madame Léonie Ricou, Maria Bonaparte, Cella Delavrancea, Baroness Renée Irana Frachon, and Milita Petrascu—are interpreted with remarkable versatility by Claudia Motea in an exceptional acting performance. With a magical dose of talent and dedication, the artist manages to outline complex personalities, full of emotion and strength.
The Belle Époque Parisian atmosphere is enchantingly recreated by pianist Timeea Craita, while the deep and expressive voice of actor Marius Bodochi gives voice to Brancusi's thoughts and aphorisms, adding a poetic and philosophical dimension to the show.
The show has won important awards and was the Guest of Honor at the Timisoara – European Capital of Culture 2023 program, on the occasion of the major international exhibition "Brancusi: Romanian Sources and Universal Perspectives," organized at the National Museum of Art in Timisoara. On this occasion, the book was officially launched in the Baroque Hall, in the presence of the Master's works.
Produced by International Artiscan
Partners: Creator / Libris Publishing House, Union of Professional Journalists of Romania, Academy of Handmade Art, Latest News, Vskin Beauty Center
Organizer: European Center of Bessarabian Artists
Excerpt from reviews:
"Claudia Motea puts her thoughts on paper with the same love with which the master Brancusi carved stone." - Ileana Vladut, the sculptor's great-granddaughter
"Nine human icons in whose wrinkles rests the iris of the Spirit of Man-Flight. A book, like a game in the Great Game of Stone!" - Father Constantin Necula, Tribuna Magazine
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
| Claudia Motea | Voice of Constantin Brancusi: | Marius Bodochi | |
| Piano: | Timeea Crăiță |
"It's an original, necessary, dynamic and expressive performance in every way... After the performance, my heart was full!" - Dinu Grigorescu, Theatre critic
"A very rare performance. We lived in the imponderable. Claudia Motea is phenomenal!" - Nicolae Havriliuc, Theatre critic - Teatrul Azi
"A true performance with unrivalled acting and a moving text. Truly amazing!" - Constantin Lupeanu, ICR President, Beijing, China
"Claudia Motea puts her thoughts on paper with the same love with which master Brancusi carved the stone" - Ileana Vladut - Constantin Brancusi's great-granddaughter
"The deep meaning of Claudia Motea's volume, "Brancusi, my love!" is a rare composition, nine characters - monologues seeking the roughness of a palm crushed in stone. A book, like a game from the Great Game of Stone!" - Constantin Necula, priest, Tribuna Magazine
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu
