In Pune, a play that took shape when 2 French artists went to YouTube gurus

On August 29, the play will be performed at Pune University’s Namdev Sabhagruha. The show is being presented by the Embassy of France in India, Alliance Française de Pune and Pune University.

‘Our Daily Performance’ does not have a single storyline but it is a mosaic of performances with actors, dancers, acrobats and musicians, among others. The show is made up of different scenes, each of which involves a tutorial that approaches the body from a different angle. “It is the aspiration of all the videos to help you improve and optimise. What is also implicit in the videos is the underlying existential fears and desires that are very universal, which is the fear of becoming old and dying. There is an underlying unease with the fragility of the body and the ultimate realisation that we are really not much in control,” says Matijevic.

She and Chico met in Paris in 2007, when they were both working as performers, and started their own company Premier Stratageme based in Paris. They have worked together ever since. This is the company’s first trip to India though they have been influenced by Indian art and culture through the writings of Indian and European authors, films such as Gianfranco Rosi’s debut film Boatman, which is about a journey on the Ganga, and the works of the British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor. “My experience of Indian culture is strong but hard to pinpoint where it comes from,” says Matijevic.