Seuls en Scène 2025 presents Nous sommes un poème by Stanislas Roquette & Gilles Geenen
September 21 • 5:00 pm
Free
Nous sommes un poème is a poetic, musical and participatory recital, a light-hearted format inspired by the thoughts of poet Jean-Pierre Siméon in his 2015 essay “La poésie sauvera le monde” (“Poetry will save the world”).
Stanislas Roquette seizes on it to question our relationship with language while sharing classic and contemporary poems, most of them French, as Jean Vilar did, for example. For fellow travelers, there are a few hits of course: Victor Hugo, Louis Aragon or Arthur Rimbaud, but also nuggets found in the work of Andrée Chédid or Henri Pichette, Liliane Wouters, Philippe Jaccottet or Christophe Tarkos. Not to mention a few forays into new French chanson, with Les Têtes Raides and Loïc Lantoine.
On stage, Roquette is accompanied on guitar and violin by musician Gilles Geenen and will be joined by a group of amateur actors to share a collective moment of poetry (prepared in advance during a workshop).
Tickets
Free and open to the public; advance tickets required. Tickets available in late August.
Reserve free tickets through University Ticketing
Performance Details
Show performed in French. Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes.
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Directions
Get directions to Chancellor Green Rotunda, located adjacent to East Pyne Hall on the Princeton University campus.
Accessibility
Chancellor Green Rotunda / East Pyne Hall is an accessible venue. The performance will be in French.
Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information about our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
Photo Gallery
Photo credit: C. Benaïm
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Photo credit: C. Benaïm
Photo credit: MDT Amiens
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Photo credit: MDT Amiens
Photo credit: C. Benaïm
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Photo credit: C. Benaïm
Production Credits
Conception: Stanislas Roquette
Performed by Stanislas Roquette & Gilles Geenen
Music (guitar, violin) Gilles Geenen
Production
Coproduction Artépo, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Maison des Arts du Léman, Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
With the support of Plateaux Sau