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== Commemorations == === In theatre and musicals === Some authors argue that [[Henrik Ibsen]] based his last play, 1899's ''[[When We Dead Awaken]]'', on Rodin's relationship with Claudel.<ref>{{cite book |title=Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel |url=https://archive.org/details/augusterodincami0000schm |url-access=registration |last=Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth |first=J. Adolf |year=1994 |publisher=Prestel |isbn=978-3-7913-1382-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Contradictory characters: an interpretation of the modern theatre |last=Bremel |first=Albert |year=1996 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=978-0-8101-1441-8 |pages=282–283 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=With vine-leaves in his hair: the role of the artist in Ibsen's plays |last=Binding |first=Paul |year=2006 |publisher=Norvik Press |isbn=978-1-870041-67-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ibsen's women |last=Templeton|first=Joan |year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-00136-6 |page=369 }}</ref> The Seattle playwright S.P. Miskowski's ''La Valse'' (2000) is a well-researched look at Claudel's life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-expanding-universe/Content?oid=3290|title=The Expanding Universe|last=Wiecking|first=Steve|website=The Stranger|access-date=2017-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000210/4004326/solid-acting-helps-keep-la-valse-in-step|title=Entertainment & the Arts {{!}} Solid acting helps keep 'La Valse' in step|last=Berson |first=Misha|date=2000-02-10 |website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=2017-08-01}}</ref> In 2012, the world premiere of the play ''Camille Claudel'' took place. Written, performed and directed by Gaël Le Cornec, premiered at the Pleasance Courtyard [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Festival]], the play looks at the relationship of master and muse from the perspective of Camille at different stages in her life.<ref>{{cite web |author=Akbar, Arifa |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/how-rodins-tragic-lover-shaped-the-history-of-sculpture-8026836.html |title=Interview with Gael Le Cornec and Dr Pollock |work=[[The Independent]], London |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> The composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Nan Knighton's musical ''[[Camille Claudel (musical)|Camille Claudel]]'' was produced by Goodspeed Musicals at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81510.html |title=Wildhorn and Knighton's Camille Claudel, the Musical, Ends 7 September at Goodspeed |publisher=Playbill.com |date=7 September 2003 |access-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114035417/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81510.html |archive-date=14 January 2009 }}</ref> === In film === The 1988 film ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'' was a dramatisation of her life based largely on historical records. Directed by [[Bruno Nuytten]], co-produced by [[Isabelle Adjani]], starring Adjani as Claudel and [[Gérard Depardieu]] as Rodin, the film was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]] in 1989. Another film, ''[[Camille Claudel 1915]]'', directed by [[Bruno Dumont]] and starring [[Juliette Binoche]] as Claudel, premiered at the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival]] in 2013. The 2017 film ''[[Rodin (film)|Rodin]]'' co-stars [[Izïa Higelin]] as Claudel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rodin |title=Rodin:Metacritic review |website=www.metacritic.com |access-date=2025-01-14}}</ref> === In music === The composer [[Jeremy Beck]]'s ''Death of a Little Girl with Doves'' (1998), an operatic soliloquy for soprano and orchestra, is based on the life and letters of Camille Claudel. This composition has been recorded by Rayanne Dupuis, soprano, with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innova.mu/albums/jeremy-beck/wave |title=Innova Recordings: Jeremy Beck – Wave |website=www.innova.mu |access-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> Beck's composition has been described as "a deeply attractive and touching piece of writing ... [demonstrating] imperious melodic confidence, fluent emotional command and yielding tenderness."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Dec04/beck.htm |title=Jeremy Beck – Wave |publisher=MusicWeb International.com |date=December 2004 |access-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> === In dance === In 2011, the world premiere of [[Boris Eifman]]'s new ballet ''Rodin'' took place in St Petersburg, Russia. The ballet is dedicated to the life and creative work of sculptor [[Auguste Rodin]] and his apprentice, lover and muse, Camille Claudel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eifmanballet.ru/en/repertoire/rodin|title=Rodin|website=eifmanballet.ru|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref> In 2014, the Columbus Dance Theatre and the [[Carpe Diem String Quartet]] performed the premiere of ''Claudel'' in [[Columbus, Ohio]], with music by Korine Fujiwara, original poetry by Kathleen Kirk, and choreography by Tim Veach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20140125/ENTERTAINMENT/301259934|title=Review: Columbus Dance Theatre's Claudel vividly recreates sculptor's 'dream'|website=dispatch.com|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref> In 2021, Australian choreographer [[Meryl Tankard]] choreographed ''Claudel'' for the [[Sydney Opera House]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Meryl Tankard AO, b. 1955 |website=[[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)]] |date=2021 |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/meryl-tankard-1955 |access-date=18 November 2024| archive-date= 14 April 2024| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240414234636/https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/meryl-tankard-1955| url-status=live}}</ref> presented by Tinderbox Productions. The ballet was written and directed by playwright Wendy Beckett, and is based on the life of Claudel and her relationship with Rodin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tinderbox Productions |website=Tinderbox Productions |date=23 April 2021 |url=https://www.tinderboxproductions.com.au/Claudel.html |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bolles |first=Scott |title=Sydney playwright-director Wendy Beckett opens restaurant in Glebe |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 March 2021 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/eating-out/sydney-playwrightdirector-wendy-beckett-opens-restaurant-in-glebe-20210319-h1up26.html |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> === In literature === In 1982, the publication of the fictionalized biography ''Une femme'', by author Anne Delbée, sparked a resurgence of interest in her work.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pellerin |first=G. |date=1985 |title=Anne Delbée : de la scène à l'écriture Anne Delbée, Une femme, Paris, Presses de la Renaissance, 1982, 497 p. |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/nb/1985-n18-nb1082825/20305ac/ |journal=Nuit Blanche, le Magazine du Livre |issue=18 |pages=56–59 |via=Érudit}}</ref> A 2015 novel by [[Carol Bruneau]], ''These Good Hands'', imagines the end of Claudel's life in 1943, through the relationship with her caregiving nurse.{{cn|date=January 2022}}
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