Filipino-Fribourg artist Mélanie Cerezo Gobet has decided to examine her inherited Asian identity. To do so, she followed in the footsteps of her mother, who, like thousands of Filipinas, was educated and sent abroad to work as a domestic for wealthy families. Through performance and dance, T’es bonne ! explores the discrimination, trauma and violence suffered by these women against a backdrop of racism and colonialism. On stage, three performers retrace the little-known destiny of this migrant community who left everything behind in the hope of a better future. An intimate and restorative search for identity, which sensitively questions the issues and challenges linked to assimilation, integration and acculturation.
by Mélanie Cerezo Gobet
Cast
Concept and choreography Mélanie Cerezo Gobet
Performance Larissa De villa, Kathrin Knöpfle, Mélanie Cerezo Gobet
Sound and live performance Annie Aries
Scenography and costumes Yi-Ju Chou
Assistance Jade Albasini
Scientific collaboration Natasha Stegmann
Outside eye Rebecca Weingartner
Light design Mario Torchio
Sound Frank Bongni
Light technique Luc Perrenoud
Production and diffusion Maxine Devaud / oh la la - performing arts production
Coproduction Équilibre-Nuithonie - Fribourg
Supports État de Fribourg, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS