Infos pratiques
Location
Studio Varia
Duration
50 minutes
Languages
Français
Prices

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€10 / €13 / €17 / €22 / €27

Public
Ages 13 and over
Accessibility
pmr
21—29.01.2027

To our dear

Leslie Mannès &
Hirschkuh

Danse
Family
Création

A sensory and dynamic exploration of the raw emotions of youth, where emancipation springs from the body and its transformations.

Dates and Times

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Summary

During puberty, teenagers are bombarded with normative expectations, reinforcing gender-based inequalities and violence. With this new choreographic piece, Leslie Mannès imagines alternative narratives. On stage, bodies break free, take up space, and express a plurality of voices and thoughts. The rumble of their anger, joy or tenderness is met with the hope of collective change, far removed from alienating stereotypes. 

For several years now, we have witnessed a simultaneous movement of liberated speech with #MeToo and uninhibited sexist stances, reinforced by the rise of the far right and support for the masculinist movement. The show takes the form of a double dedication: to our loved ones – the lineages of women of yesterday, today and tomorrow – and to our bodies – bruised, abused, silenced. It urges us to take the road less travelled to challenge our identities, to embark on the adventure of reinvention, and to make love an act of dissent.  

To Our Beloved is part of the cycle Our Volcanoes, Our Tenderness, conceived by Leslie Mannès for young people aged 12 to 15. It revolves around the ecology of social relations and the notions of cooperation and citizenship, with a focus on gender equality. As with her other creations, the Varia’s partner artist has devised a framework that encourages encounters and the emergence of shared imaginations.

Co-presented with Pierre de Lune.

Cast

Choreographer Leslie Mannès
Lighting design Vincent Lemaître
Music composition Solène Moulin
Costume design Marie Artamonoff
Dancers Siham Ennajjary, Lilia Mellé, Justine Richard
Assistant Laura Bossicart
Artistic advisor Joëlle Bacchetta
Production manager Charlotte Lalieu
Photo credit Laetitia Bica
Development, communications and distribution BLOOM Project (Stéphanie Barboteau, Ilona Gatard, Chloé Thauvin, Nora Benhassine)

Credits


A production by Hirschkuh
asbl, executive produced by Varia - Théâtre & Studio, in co-production with Charleroi-Danse, Centre des Arts Scéniques, La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod
With the support of taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian federal government’s tax shelter scheme, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Dance Department, Grand Studio - GRAND LUXE Network, Studio THOR, Delta - Namur

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