Black Lights
Mathilde Monnier
Originally a series by Valérie Urrea and Nathalie Masduraud, broadcast in 2021 on Arte. A political and activist project, H24 comprises 24 episodes written by 24 women, each telling a true story that highlights the everyday violence suffered by women.
Choreographer Mathilde Monnier takes nine of these texts and brings them to life in a different way, through movement and the physical presence of the body. On stage, dance and the body take over from words: the performers transform violence into power, shock into momentum and the intimate into a collective experience, with realism, emotion, anger and sometimes even a touch of humour.
Somewhere between stand-up comedy and poetic expression, Black Lights presents these stories in a fresh light and turns the stage into a space where words circulate, are shared and set free. You leave feeling shaken, outraged, and determined not to look away any longer but to stand up and fight.
Collaboration
Les Créatives Festival
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A giant yoga session led by Mathilde Monnier on Saturday 28 November at 9.30 am, followed by brunch.
Choreography and direction
Mathilde Monnier
Cast
Carolina Passos Sousa, Aïda Ben Hassine, Carmel Loanga, Ophélie Ségala, Lucia García Pulles, Mai-Júli Machado Nhapulo, Mathilde Monnier
Dramaturgy
Stéphane Bouquet
Set design
Annie Tolleter with the Martine Andrée and Paul Dubois workshop
Lighting
Eric Wurtz
Sound design
Olivier Renouf & Nicolas Houssin
Costumes
Laurence Alquier
Texts by Alice Zeniter, Siri Hustvedt, Monica Sabolo, Lize Spit, Lola Lafon, Agnès Desarthe, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Niviaq Korneliussen and Grazyna Plebanek
Production
Otto Productions
Co-production
Cie MM, Montpellier Dance Festival 2023, Le Quartz – Brest National Theatre, Le Parvis – Tarbes–Pyrénées National Theatre, Théâtre Garonne – European Theatre, TPR – Neuchâtel Centre for the Performing Arts & ADN – Danse Neuchâtel – La Chaux-de-Fonds
Support
With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and the Occitanie Region. Residency hosted by Montpellier
Danse, at the Agora, Cité internationale de la danse, with the support of the BNP Paribas Foundation
Premiere
Premiere on 22 June 2023 at the Montpellier Danse Festival
Mathilde Monnier
Having taken up dance later in life, following her experience as a dancer with the companies of Viola Farber and François Verret, Mathilde Monnier began to take an interest in choreography in 1984, alternating between group works and solo or duet pieces.
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