Raphaëlle Boitel, the featured artist at the Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque 2025

Published on 23 October 2024

As a director and choreographer, the contemporary circus came as a revelation for her.

At the age of 14, she met the artists who would mark her career: James Thierrée, Aurélien Bory, and Tristan Baudoin, her resident set and lighting designer.

In 2012, Raphaëlle Boitel founded the company L’Oublié(e). The company creates a physical language embedded in a visual universe expressed in the three dimensions of the stage and intended for all audiences.

The works blend different artistic disciplines: theater, circus, dance, music, and film, all with a refined use of light. The tragic and the comic are brought to life through profoundly metaphorical writing.

The creation of new equipment and apparatuses, particularly in the aerial realm, revitalizes traditional circus disciplines.

Four pieces from Raphaëlle Boitel’s repertoire are featured as part of an itinerary that unfolds across the South of France.

La Bête noire

Compagnie L’Oublié(e) - Raphaëlle Boitel

Choreographed circus

Wed. 15 to Sun. 26 Jan.

25 minutes Ages 10 and up

La Chute des Anges

Compagnie L’Oublié(e) - Raphaëlle Boitel

Choreographed circus

Wed. 15 to Sun. 2 Feb.

Different locations

• Marseille
• Toulon

1h10 Ages 7 and up

Ombres Portées

Compagnie L’Oublié(e) - Raphaëlle Boitel

Choreographed circus

Thu. 23 Jan. to Fri. 7 Feb.

Different locations

• Gap
• Château-Arnoux-St-Auban
• Marseille

1h10 Ages 10 and up

Creation

Petite Reine

Compagnie L’Oublié(e) - Raphaëlle Boitel

Choreographed circus, acrobatic bicycle

Wed. 15 to Sun. 26 Jan.

Different locations

• Nice
• Marseille

30 minutes Ages 10 and up