Born Again

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  • Multidisciplinary

Antoine Kobi , Ike Zacsongo-Joseph and Yasmine Hadj Ali 

France / Creation Festival d'Avignon 2025

Three artist-performers take on the role of Bafa (Youth Work Certification) instructors to scrutinise the social determinisms that weigh on children, accompanied by a doctor of neuroscience. 

Jardin de la Vierge du lycée Saint-Joseph © Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Presentation

During the course of an unlikely BAFA (Youth Work Certification) training session, participants undergo experiences that lead them to question the role of love and trust in the emancipation of the children they will work with. Accompanied by a neuroscientist, three artist-performers take on the role of the Bafa instructors to scrutinise the determinisms to which we are subjected from childhood, in a show that blends the absurd and the tragic, humour and self-deprecation. 

يتولّى ثلاثة فنانين، برفقة طبيبة في علم الأعصاب، دور ميسرين BAFA (شهادة الأهلية لمنصب الميسر) للتدقيق في الحتمية الاجتماعية التي تثقل كاهل الأطفال. 

Distribution

With Yasmine Hadj Ali, Samah Karaki, Antoine Kobi, Ike Zacsongo-Joseph
Production Compagnie 16 mégahertz
Coproduction SACD, Festival d’Avignon
Administration Sonia Azzouz

Production

With the support of SACD, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), MC93 (Bobigny), Jeune Théâtre national (Paris), Festival d’Avignon
Acknowledgements SACD, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), MC93 (Bobigny), Jeune Théâtre national (Paris), Festival d’Avignon, Claire Verlet, Valérie-Anne Expert, Tiago Rodrigues, Jeanne Disson, Sonia Azzouz, Rémy Furlanini, Fanny Berdah, Pierre Kobi

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