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talks about the theme of the noncommunication betiueen men and uuomen that ends up on a splendorous domestic catastrophy... If I say that this and other situations have the attraction of surprise and the value of a uuork made uuith rigour I uuould have suggested the unquestionable imagination of Sémola and their capacity to be worthy and brilliant wherever they go. Cven then there is another suggestive and original characteristic of the group. LUhot one finds in »Hibrid« are allegories and choreographic insinuations that are the mimetic reflection of a kind of dance - theatre and an aesthetic of the emptyness of post industrial society, but uuhat is really important in »Hibrid« is the humor and subtilety uuith which the group manipulates the pathetic element. »Hibrid« is consequently a drama of scepticism. Find I do think that this scepticism, which hides or

can freeze a smile, is the source from uuhere many of the ideas connected uuith the contemporary theatre, that Sémola practices, in a very original,

Joan ñnton

bright and vigorous uuay, cornes. ■

Bencich

VIGOUñ€US€ PO€TipU€ DU SC€PTICISM€ Il ne faut pas trop le répéter cor c'est tout à fait évident: Il persiste en Catalogne une tradition novatrice de langages théâtraux qui se manifeste avec une ténacité et une justesse qu'on ne retrouve pas partout dans la péninsule. La puanteur chauvine qui pourrait se dégager de cette affirmation, s'evanuit complètement si on la