Je badine avec l’amour (Parce que tous les hommes sont si imparfaits et si affreux)

88 Avenue Charles de Gaulle

armed with his devastating humor and contagious tenderness, Sylvain Riéjou summons his dearest ghosts – Patrick Swayze, ballet duos, love songs Hollywood style – to undress them with jubilation. Surrounded by three accomplices, he weaves autofiction and the history of dance, from Swan Lake to Cunningham, via the epic songs of Daniel Larrieu, in a whirlwind of pop and scholarly references that leaves not a moment for boredom. Funny and terribly smart, Je badine avec l’amour poses a simple and vertiginous question: how de…