Festival TNB

Devenir Refuge by Patricia Allio

Wednesday 18 November at 8.30 pm
Thursday 19 November at 8.30 pm
Friday 20 November at 8.30 pm
Saturday 21 November at 8.30 pm
At the CCN – Le Garage

Straddling the line between art and activism, Devenir Refuge stems from Patricia Allio’s deeply personal and persistent concern: the plight of animals and the violence of factory farming.

With this new work, she explores the history of a hidden violence and challenges a twofold denial: that which erases the animal behind the meat we consume, and that which cuts us off from our own animality. We have artificially separated farm animals from humans and domestic animals, in order to better exploit the former. What if the performance were to rekindle the kinship between our animal bodies and unleash the utopian power of the stage? Other worlds already exist; Becoming a Refuge invites us to connect with them and to dream of interspecies communities, here and now.

Flaming Creatures by Latifa Laâbissi

Wednesday 18 November at 9.00 pm
Thursday 19 November at 7.00 pm
Friday 20 November at 7.00 pm
Saturday 21 November at 6.00 pm
At the CCN/St-Melaine

In this new work, the choreographer and dancer Latifa Laâbissi allows herself to be carried away by a multitude of voices and tunes from all walks of life.

Accompanied by Walid Ben Selim, a poet and singer, she brings together a host of flamboyant figures, whose voices have carried melodies that have stood the test of time. These tunes are both familiar fixtures – gems of popular culture constantly in circulation – and intimate markers, an intangible heritage embedded in our memories and personal histories.

Jean-Romuald, a boy of his own age by Mickaël Phelippeau

Wednesday 25 November at 7.00 pm
Thursday 26 November at 7.00 pm
Friday 27 November at 7.00 pm
At the CCN/St-Melaine

In this new work, choreographer and dancer Latifa Laâbissi allows herself to be carried away by a multitude of voices and tunes from all walks of life.

Accompanied by Walid Ben Selim, poet and singer, she brings together a cast of flamboyant figures, whose voices have carried melodies that have stood the test of time. These tunes are both familiar elements – gems of popular culture constantly in circulation – and intimate markers, an intangible heritage inscribed in our memories and personal histories.