Ivo van Hove, la fureur de créer

The texts gathered here under the direction of Frédéric Maurin offer so many prisms through which to capture shards of this universe in order to reconstitute its dynamics.

In Europe and around the world, Ivo van Hove is now recognized for the radical accuracy of his scenic biases. With his loyal collaborators and the actors of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, as well as through his forays elsewhere, he has for years been building a singular universe in perpetual renewal.

Whether he probes intimate dramas or opens up to social considerations, whether he bases his work on repertory plays or film scripts, Ivo van Hove challenges the supposed distinction between staging texts and the sensitive confrontation of bodies and images. A theater of tension, a theater of intensity, where the human experience in search of reconciliation is brought to life to the very end of its torments.