It is important to have a secret, a premonition of unknown things. Man must feel that he lives in a mysterious world in some respect: that inexplicable things happen and are experienced. Only then will life be complete. (CJ)
Dancer-choreographer Géraldine Chollet’s third creation is inspired by the medieval tradition of the Theatre of Mysteries. These community ceremonies were used to summon the afterlife in order to ask for a grace, to attract benevolence or to question oneself. The choreographer proposes here to open a dialogue with the sensitive in order to explore the relationship between what we have been given and what we will leave behind. To recognize what we have, to assume what we lack, to celebrate what may come.
Concept and choreography Géraldine Chollet
Choreography in collaboration
with the dancers Eléonore Heiniger, Mélissa Guex, Bast Hippocrate
Dancers Eléonore Heiniger, Mélissa Guex, Bast Hippocrate, Maïté Maeum Jeannolin, David Zagari, Bilal El Had, Jessica Tamsin Allemann, Simon Ramseier
Sound design Renée Van Trier
Sound composition Raphaël Raccuia
Lights and set design Sven Kreter
Costumes Scilla Llardo
Technical direction Céline Ribeiro
Assistant creation Patrick Mangold
Assistant creatures Trân Tran
Production, diffusion and development Maxine Devaud / oh la la - performing arts production
Production Cie Rahu LaMo
Coproduction Théâtre Sévelin 36
Supports Ville de Lausanne, Pro Helvetia, Corodis, Loterie Romande, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Fondation Nestlé pour l’art, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux. This show was part of the 2024 edition of the Swiss Selection in Avignon.
Thank you to the many Palestinian dancers in Dabke who inspired me and whose basic step we used.