Leçons de Ténèbres (10+)
In Leçons de Ténèbres, four bodies, three adults and a child become the mouthpieces of stories that have been forgotten or that we have tried to make disappear. These people burrow, hunched and curved, until they unearth the invisible. They transform, disappear and metamorphose. In turn, they bring forth visions and assist and challenge them. For this new creation, Betty Tchomanga continues her research on Voodoo cults and crosses them with questions of climatic and social emergency.
The Leçons de Ténèbres is originally a liturgical musical genre from the 17th century that sets the lamentations of Jeremiah on the disappearance of the wall of Jerusalem to music. It is also the title of a film made by Werner Herzog in 1992 about the burning of 732 oil wells by Iraqi forces withdrawing from Kuwait. In this film, the director presents a vision of apocalypse as a long poem about the end of the Earth.
Betty Tchomanga's Leçons de Ténèbres also mourns the destruction of the earth. It speaks of darkness and from darkness, of seeking the light but also of exploring our hidden and buried stories. In her previous piece, Mascarades, presented at Kaaistudios in 2021, Betty Tchomanga explored the mythical figure of Mami Wata, the main deity of certain Voodoo cults. For her new creation, she continues her research, particularly in Benin, and crosses Voodoo themes with questions of decolonial ecology.
• Betty Tchomanga studied modern literature at the Sorbonne in Paris and contemporary dance at the CNDC in Angers. She works regularly with Marlene Montero Freitas and has already shared the stage with, among others, Emmanuelle Huyn, Alain Buffart, Fanny de Chaillé, Anne Collod, Herman Diephuis and Nina Santès. We have already welcomed Tchomanga in 2021 to Kaaitheater with Mascarades, her first piece as a choreographer.
presented by Kaaitheater
choreography Betty Tchomanga | with Amparo Gonzalez Sola, Léonard Jean-Baptiste, Betty Tchomanga, Zoé Jaffry (taking turns with Balkis Mercier Berger) | artistic assistant Emma Tricard | light design Eduardo Abdala | sound design Stéphane Monteiro | | scenography Eduardo Abdala, Émilie Godreuil and Betty Tchomanga | music composition Mackenzy Bergile, Folly Azaman, Stéphane Monteiro & Betty Tchomanga | costume design Betty Tchomanga in collaboration with Marino Marchand (bead creation Love Aziakou, Jacqueline Houessinon) | general and stage management Emilie Godreuil | external vieuw Dalila Khatir | vocal coaches Dalila Khatir and Viviane Marc | stage technician Bruno Roudaut | recorded voices Folly Azaman, Fortuné Agossa | production and distribution Aoza – Marion Cachan | audio description Valérie Castan | thanks to the team of Quartz, the team of Pacifique CDCN, Vincent Blouch & Olga Rozenblum | production Association Lola Gatt | coproduction Kaaitheater, Le Quartz, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen, Centre chorégraphique National d’Orléans , Le Pacifique, Théâtre de Vanves, Le Triangle, Coopération Nantes-Rennes-Brest-Rouen, wpZimmer, Les Subsistances, Be My Guest | with the support of Gessnerallee - Zürich - Suisse, Le Centre - Cotonou - Bénin, Kunstencentrum BUDA, Courtrai, Belgique | mecenas SARL SICC Saint-André-de-Cubzac | with financial support of DRAC Bretagne, Région Bretagne, Département du Finistère, Ville de Brest, Institut Français & Caisse des Dépôts | this series of shows is financially supported by Spectacle vivant en Bretagne
additional music list Curtis Mayfield, (Don’t Worry)If There is a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go ; Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Street Dancing ; Rize Score suite, A&J Music Production & Flii Stylz, I Krump, extraits de la BO du film RIZE, David La Chapelle ; Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Grab it!
€ 22/19/16/13/10
Elke avond van 19:00 tot 20:30 kan je genieten van een vegetarische maaltijd bereid door het Comité des femmes sans papiers.
