The Night of Hieroglyphs
Actor and director Benjamin Lazar, composer David Chaillou, choreographer Raphaëlle Delaunay and videographer Joseph Paris were inspired by the manuscripts of Champollion to evoke the life of the one who knew how to decipher the hieroglyphs.
La Nuit des hiéroglyphes premiered on September 27, 2022 at the Institut de France, exactly 200 years after Jean-François Champollion announced his decipherment of hieroglyphs based on the Rosetta Stone. Commissioned by France Mémoire, the work revisits this breakthrough through a blend of music, performance, and visual projection. It brings together artists including David Chaillou, Benjamin Lazar, and Raphaëlle Delaunay to reinterpret the event on its original site.
A show by Benjamin Lazar
Harp: Clara Izambert
Piano: Maroussia Gentet
Percussion: Morgan Mermoud & Pierre Tomassi
Light: Christophe Naillet
Costumes: Julia Brochier
