19th century. Two of the world's most important sculptors, Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, fall in love. Rodin, who was maintaining another, permanent relationship, discovers and is inspired by the story of a forbidden couple from the 13th century, Paolo and Francesca, who lived a secret love while Francesca was married to Paolo's brother, who would ultimately murder them.
Two tumultuous love stories that will intersect and leave behind some of the masterpieces of world art. Rodin will create The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, and The Kiss, which depicts the embraced Paolo and Francesca. And he will become famous.
In contrast, the patriarchal era will dissolve Camille Claudel's talent and spirit and confine her to a mental asylum.
“I knew I wanted to create a performance about time, about what we leave behind as a memory of our passage through life, about the people who struggle, about the girls and boys who married without really knowing why, and about those who fell in love and pursued their love until the end,” the author states in the introductory note of the edition.
