(Laura's gang)

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Dancer and choreographer Gaëlle Bourges continues her exploration of art history, this time using as her backdrop one of the greatest scandals of the female nude: Édouard Manet's Olympia, painted in 1863. Presented at the 1865 Salon d'Automne, the painting sparked a wave of hatred and disgust towards the portrait of this young white woman, who was labeled dirty, vulgar, and ignoble. | On stage, four performers conduct an investigation. Beyond appearances, Manet's canvas reveals a completely different story, that of a symbolic revolution. Isn't that the very essence of a masterpiece?