La matinale - 6 July
- Café des idées
Cloître Saint-Louis
Duration : 1h
A free body that invents its own movement
Tunisia / Creation Festival d’Avignon 2025
A choreographic and documentary creation that explores the skills of the women potters of Sejnane in Tunisia: when a gesture becomes an act of resistance.
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Laaroussa Quartet explores the ability of the gesture to create connections, to transform matter, and transcend social, cultural, and geographical boundaries. In 2011, Sofiane and Selma Ouissi travelled to Sejnane, in northern Tunisia, to meet women potters who pass down an ancestral knowledge from mother to daughter: the shaping of clay dolls, or Laaroussa. This encounter led to the creation of a choreographic score, performed by the two choreographer-dancers, who view the gestures of those craftswomen as an aesthetic experience. They now revisit this original piece, passing it on to four female dancers. A new creation that explores the body as a site of memory and transformation, Laaroussa Quartet is part of their vision for a “dreamed society,”, where the gesture, both fragile and powerful, becomes an act of resistance.
عمل إبداعي كوريغرافي ووثائقي يسلّط الضوء على مهارات النساء صانعات الفخار بمنطقة سجنان، تونس: عندما تصبح الحركة رمزا للمقاومة.
With Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Sondos Belhassen, Tijen Lawton, Moya Michael, Chedlia Saïdani
Conception, dramaturgy and choreography Selma et Sofiane Ouissi
Sound and musical dramaturgy Tom Pauwels
Musical composition Aisha Orazbayeva
Musical mixing composition Peiman Khosravi
Scenography and lighting Simon Siegmann
Sound design and mixing Raphaël Hénard
Video conception Nicola Sburlati
Image Cecil Thuillier, Pierre Déjon
Video sound recording Jonathan Le Fourn
Costume Sabrina Seifried
Research, transcription, and poetry translation Basma El Euchi
General stage manager Mohamed Hedi Belkhir
Women potters of Sejnane - immersion and transmission of ancestral gestures to performers:
Sabiha Ayari, Aljia Saïdani, Chedia Saidani, Cherifa Saïdani, Emna Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Lamia Saïdani, Jemaa Selmi.
Women potters of Sejnane in the video:
Malika Saïdani, Naïma Saïdani, Najia Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Naziha Jemiï, Hada Riahi, Dalila Riahi, Sabiha Mechergui, Naïma Chatti, Fatma Saïdani, Sassia Riahi, Sabiha Saïdani, Fadhila Saïdani, Dalila Wassila Saïdani, Hanen Saïdani, Halima Maalaoui, Cherifa Riahi, Houda Jemiï, Aïda Jemiï, Aïcha Rebeh Jemiï, Aziza jemiï, Aljia Jmii, Hajer Saïdani, Sassia Saïdani, Fatma Saïdani, Habiba Saïdani, Habiba Saliha Saïdani, Sabiha Ayari, Safia Saïdani, Halima Saïdani, Aljia Saïdani, Jemâa Selmi, Cherifa Saïdani, Lamia Saïdani, Hadda Saïdani, Jannet Ghouili, Salouha Saïdani, Hada Saïda Saïdani, Jannet Saïdani, Hidhba Saïdani, Khaoula Saïdani, Habiba Ayari, Saliha Saïdani, Emna Saïdani, Salha Stili, Naziha Saïdani, Sabiha Saïdani, Maryam Saïdani, Fadhila Saïdani, Tounes Saïdani, Radhia Maalaoui, Kaouther Saïdani, Zina Mechergui
Production Dream City 2025 / L’Art Rue
Co-production Festival d’Avignon, Charleroi danse Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Ictus Ensemble, KVS (Bruxelles)
With the support Théâtre National Tunisien, du Moussem et de la Sharjah Art Foundation
Performances in partnership with France Médias Monde
Duration : 1h
Restauration
Buvette
Please arrive at the venue 30 minutes before the show.
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Price C - single cat. | 35 € | 30 € | 10 € |
Cloître Saint-Louis
Duration : 1h