Showgirl

We are already familiar with Marlène’s versatility on stage, switching easily between dance and theatre alongside the likes of Boris Charmatz and the ZEREP company, and more than anything recognise her incredible talent; we know that Jonathan has worked with Raimund Hoghe, Phia Ménard and Jonathan Capdevielle.
The two have a knowledge of the stage that would make any actor blanch. Together they have drawn inspiration from Paul Verhoeven’s film Showgirls, which in a short time went from being roundly panned to becoming a cult film.
The screenplay explores the trials and tribulations of Nomi, a dancer lost in a Las Vegas strip club, and provides the pretext for Saldana and Drillet to conjure up the tough reality of female dancers being exploited and exposed to the humiliation and violence hidden behind the show’s sequins.
Unaware of lurking dangers, every trick of this official art form of Vegas casinos has to be played and the unlikeliest dances fearlessly tackled. That’s what this Showgirl promises us today.