Programme

Boris Charmatz’s cathedral and his 26 dancers have no walls. Liberté Cathédrale – a human architecture and a dancing, singing, resounding assembly – expands the idea and images that underpin this edifice.

The Out of This World adventure immerses us sceno- and choreographically in a ghostly utopia. To see our world change, why not begin by imagining new societies?

A curious ballet of white balls takes over the stage. Bathed in candlelight and guided by the notes of a string quartet, three jugglers join the proceedings and attempt to pierce their mysteries.

More than 60 dancers move into public space. But this is not about crowd movements: Multitud renders perceptible the organic bonds between bodies, and examines our capacity to affect and be affected.

In a nightmarish, post-apocalyptic setting, two bodies clash as the water rises. In a duet/duel to the death, and for love, Ink probes the dark side of desire and the impossible search for self.

The grand jeté has unsuspected philosophical meaning. Starting with this virtuoso ballet movement, Silvia Gribaudi serves up a show that celebrates the courage it takes to leap into the unknown.

Staged in Bleu, scenographic artwork at Les SUBS

Five dancers in a line exhaust themselves by mechanically repeating four simple yet gruelling movements. When the machine goes into overdrive, will cracks begin to appear ?

A show for three levitating bodies, Dehors est blanc causes us to gradually lose our bearings. By disorientating our perceptual habits, Tumbleweed reminds us that our relationship with the world is fragile indeed.

The fire crackles, cracks, glows and shimmers without stopping. Maybe it even dances? Fouad Boussouf grasps this element and crafts it into an incandescent piece of choreography. A circle without beginning or end.

Translated as “enchanted” in the Afro-Brazilian tradition, Encantado also refers to mystical, nature-protecting entities. Lia Rodrigues calls upon these magical forces in a bewitching and many-coloured ballet.

An iconic piece in Phia Ménard’s repertoire, L’après-midi d’un foehn Version 1 depicts an aerial ballet of coloured plastic creatures. But its initial grace gradually segues into anxiety.

In a series of tableaux vivants, Silvia Gribaudi and her three dancers subvert the norms of beauty and their authority with a piquant sense of mischief. An ode to bodies’ imperfections and freedom.

Whether mirroring or merging to form a new hybrid being, Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin humorously and tenderly explore all the possibilities that flow from the meeting of their bodies and differences.

YËS celebrates Yanice and Sébastien, two young dancers and beatboxers. This virtuoso duo blends hip hop and acting into an ode to the performer figure, and to tight-knit friendship and singularities.