Transmission Impossible

Transmission impossible 2025 © Christophe Raynaud de Lage / Festival d’Avignon

A project of the Festival d'Avignon and Mathilde Monnier

How can we shape future creation? This immersion programme invites emerging young French and international artists to experience the Festival d’Avignon as a lab of experimentation. Workshops, meetings, and performances foster artistic exchange and professional growth.

كيف يمكننا أن نرسم الإبداع والإنشاء المستقبلي؟ يدعو برنامج الانغماس هذا، الفنانين الشباب الصاعدين، الفرنسيين والدوليين إلى تجربة Festival d’Avignon كحقل تجارب. تغذّي تفكيرهم، لقاءات، وورش عمل، وعروض، وتمرينات، مما يفضي إلى عروض متاحة للجمهور وللمحترفين. 

Artistic coordination and educational support by Mathilde Monnier, choreographer
In collaboration with Ahmed El Attar, stage director, Mehdi Moradpour, dramaturg, playwright and translator, Bouchra Ouizguen, choreographer
With 32 young artists from South Korea, Egypt, Spain, France, Portugal, Rwanda, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Tunisia
With the participation of the artists, creators, and technicians of the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon

Produced by the Festival d’Avignon
Co-produced by Adami, Association MM, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Fondation Culture et Diversité, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Fonds de dotation Porosus, INAEM – Spanish Ministry of Culture (Madrid), Institut Français du Rwanda, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), NTCH Taiwan National Theater and Concert Hall, Lithuanian Culture Institute (pending)
With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès

Since 2008, the actions of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès have been guided by a single, unifying conviction: “Our gestures define us and show who we are”.  In other words, by acting for the well-being of all, we grow and become better human beings. The Foundation’s four core missions enact its commitment to targeted philanthropy and support through in-house programmes designed to transmit skills and expertise, create new works of art, protect the environment and encourage gestures of solidarity. The Foundation supports its beneficiaries as they contribute to building tomorrow's world.

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