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The Cartiglobe Festival is back to celebrate its 15th edition, themed around the Four Cardinal Points. From the Scandinavian chill to the desert heat of the Sahara, through traditional Japan and the dense jungles of Colombia: join them for a magical weekend trip around the world! Live concerts, DJ sets, food, …
Choreographed by Saša Asentić, Le Sacre du printemps is a reimagined Stravinsky landmark performed by the inclusive company Per.Art. Drawing on historical versions by the Ballets Russes, Maurice Béjart and Pina Bausch and enriched with the voices of disabled poets from Serbia, Iran, Ukraine and the United States, the seven dancers invert the original narrative. The staging transforms ritual into a manifesto of survival, blending physical rigor, collective solidarity and poetic testimony to renew the score as a cry for life.
Ensemble BOW presents a programme of John Williams’s most iconic film scores, from Star Wars and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List and Harry Potter. The musicians conjure cinematic textures with vivid orchestral colour, dynamic brass fanfares and intimate string passages. Arrangements highlight rhythmic drive and lyrical solos, while the ensemble’s clarity and energy recreate the emotional arcs of the original soundtracks. This evening celebrates Williams’s enduring knack for melodic storytelling and transports listeners into familiar film worlds.
“Couleur 8” explores the idea of existing at the margins: the place from which one sees no one and is not seen. Without familiar reference points or comparisons, the piece invites spectators to impose their own rhythm and to question the strength of marginality. Sparse staging and attentive pacing create an intimate, contemplative atmosphere where movement, silence and timing shape perception and unsettle expectations.
In French.
The 72nd Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique brings together leading international scholars for an in-depth exploration of the death penalty in ancient Greece and Rome. Through a series of lectures and discussions, the symposium examines the legal, political, philosophical, religious, and social dimensions of capital punishment across the ancient world, offering fresh perspectives on justice, power, gender, rhetoric, and resistance. Organized by the Fondation Hardt, this renowned academic gathering fosters dialogue between specialists while welcoming all those with an interest in classical studies, ancient history, archaeology, and the enduring questions raised by antiquity.
Booking: admin@fondationhardt.ch or +41 22 736 31 04
Choreographed by Léo Lérus, Gounouj in situ is an intimate, physical dance for four performers that evokes fragile, living landscapes. Rooted in gwoka rhythms and inspired by the creole concept of bousyè, the work blends traditional and contemporary vocabularies to explore vulnerability, transformation and resistance. Bodies shift between human and amphibious states across a sensory soundscape of bird song and marine breath, transforming the stage into a moving ecosystem and proposing a fragile possibility of new balance.
Luis Marques presents DEEP BLUE and INTERMITTENCES, two series of drawing-based works that transform line into landscape, rhythm and breath. DEEP BLUE offers expansive fields of blue where delicate marks build textured, contemplative seascapes. INTERMITTENCES reworks reclaimed screen-print test papers, letting traces, stains and accidents enter a patient process of repeated lines. Using pens, markers and even sewing thread, Marques negotiates control and chance, producing intimate topographies that meditate on time, repetition, memory and material transformation.
Opening: 2 September, 18:00
Closing: 13 September, 18:00
The Cartiglobe Festival is back to celebrate its 15th edition, themed around the Four Cardinal Points. From the Scandinavian chill to the desert heat of the Sahara, through traditional Japan and the dense jungles of Colombia: join them for a magical weekend trip around the world! Live concerts, DJ sets, food, …
Choreographed by Saša Asentić, Le Sacre du printemps is a reimagined Stravinsky landmark performed by the inclusive company Per.Art. Drawing on historical versions by the Ballets Russes, Maurice Béjart and Pina Bausch and enriched with the voices of disabled poets from Serbia, Iran, Ukraine and the United States, the seven dancers invert the original narrative. The staging transforms ritual into a manifesto of survival, blending physical rigor, collective solidarity and poetic testimony to renew the score as a cry for life.
Ensemble BOW presents a programme of John Williams’s most iconic film scores, from Star Wars and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List and Harry Potter. The musicians conjure cinematic textures with vivid orchestral colour, dynamic brass fanfares and intimate string passages. Arrangements highlight rhythmic drive and lyrical solos, while the ensemble’s clarity and energy recreate the emotional arcs of the original soundtracks. This evening celebrates Williams’s enduring knack for melodic storytelling and transports listeners into familiar film worlds.
“Couleur 8” explores the idea of existing at the margins: the place from which one sees no one and is not seen. Without familiar reference points or comparisons, the piece invites spectators to impose their own rhythm and to question the strength of marginality. Sparse staging and attentive pacing create an intimate, contemplative atmosphere where movement, silence and timing shape perception and unsettle expectations.
In French.
The 72nd Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique brings together leading international scholars for an in-depth exploration of the death penalty in ancient Greece and Rome. Through a series of lectures and discussions, the symposium examines the legal, political, philosophical, religious, and social dimensions of capital punishment across the ancient world, offering fresh perspectives on justice, power, gender, rhetoric, and resistance. Organized by the Fondation Hardt, this renowned academic gathering fosters dialogue between specialists while welcoming all those with an interest in classical studies, ancient history, archaeology, and the enduring questions raised by antiquity.
Booking: admin@fondationhardt.ch or +41 22 736 31 04
Choreographed by Léo Lérus, Gounouj in situ is an intimate, physical dance for four performers that evokes fragile, living landscapes. Rooted in gwoka rhythms and inspired by the creole concept of bousyè, the work blends traditional and contemporary vocabularies to explore vulnerability, transformation and resistance. Bodies shift between human and amphibious states across a sensory soundscape of bird song and marine breath, transforming the stage into a moving ecosystem and proposing a fragile possibility of new balance.
Luis Marques presents DEEP BLUE and INTERMITTENCES, two series of drawing-based works that transform line into landscape, rhythm and breath. DEEP BLUE offers expansive fields of blue where delicate marks build textured, contemplative seascapes. INTERMITTENCES reworks reclaimed screen-print test papers, letting traces, stains and accidents enter a patient process of repeated lines. Using pens, markers and even sewing thread, Marques negotiates control and chance, producing intimate topographies that meditate on time, repetition, memory and material transformation.
Opening: 2 September, 18:00
Closing: 13 September, 18:00
The Cartiglobe Festival is back to celebrate its 15th edition, themed around the Four Cardinal Points. From the Scandinavian chill to the desert heat of the Sahara, through traditional Japan and the dense jungles of Colombia: join them for a magical weekend trip around the world! Live concerts, DJ sets, food, …
Choreographed by Saša Asentić, Le Sacre du printemps is a reimagined Stravinsky landmark performed by the inclusive company Per.Art. Drawing on historical versions by the Ballets Russes, Maurice Béjart and Pina Bausch and enriched with the voices of disabled poets from Serbia, Iran, Ukraine and the United States, the seven dancers invert the original narrative. The staging transforms ritual into a manifesto of survival, blending physical rigor, collective solidarity and poetic testimony to renew the score as a cry for life.
Ensemble BOW presents a programme of John Williams’s most iconic film scores, from Star Wars and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List and Harry Potter. The musicians conjure cinematic textures with vivid orchestral colour, dynamic brass fanfares and intimate string passages. Arrangements highlight rhythmic drive and lyrical solos, while the ensemble’s clarity and energy recreate the emotional arcs of the original soundtracks. This evening celebrates Williams’s enduring knack for melodic storytelling and transports listeners into familiar film worlds.
“Couleur 8” explores the idea of existing at the margins: the place from which one sees no one and is not seen. Without familiar reference points or comparisons, the piece invites spectators to impose their own rhythm and to question the strength of marginality. Sparse staging and attentive pacing create an intimate, contemplative atmosphere where movement, silence and timing shape perception and unsettle expectations.
In French.
The 72nd Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique brings together leading international scholars for an in-depth exploration of the death penalty in ancient Greece and Rome. Through a series of lectures and discussions, the symposium examines the legal, political, philosophical, religious, and social dimensions of capital punishment across the ancient world, offering fresh perspectives on justice, power, gender, rhetoric, and resistance. Organized by the Fondation Hardt, this renowned academic gathering fosters dialogue between specialists while welcoming all those with an interest in classical studies, ancient history, archaeology, and the enduring questions raised by antiquity.
Booking: admin@fondationhardt.ch or +41 22 736 31 04
Choreographed by Léo Lérus, Gounouj in situ is an intimate, physical dance for four performers that evokes fragile, living landscapes. Rooted in gwoka rhythms and inspired by the creole concept of bousyè, the work blends traditional and contemporary vocabularies to explore vulnerability, transformation and resistance. Bodies shift between human and amphibious states across a sensory soundscape of bird song and marine breath, transforming the stage into a moving ecosystem and proposing a fragile possibility of new balance.
Directed by Juliette Navis, Pedro is the final instalment of a trilogy that stages a surreal duo of performers inspired by Pedro Almodóvar. The piece follows Juan and Pepa aboard a spaceship, exploring desire, sexuality and hypersexualisation through darkly comic science-fiction touches drawn from Ursula K. Le Guin. With bold staging and provocative mise en scène, it offers a joyfully delirious reflection on sexual taboos, reproduction and the moment of release.
In French.
As part of the Heritage Programme of the European Heritage Days 2026, La Collective welcomes you for a day of creativity and discovery centred around the removal of a large-scale urban artwork.
Visitors can explore the site and join guided tours led by architects Liengme and Mechkat, take part in creative workshops, and enjoy performances by Fifille, Atelier K, Woman Cave and Klimte. Poetic consultations will also be offered. Open to everyone, this event invites neighbours and curious visitors to come together and share skills, ideas and artistic experiences in a friendly and community-oriented atmosphere.
Three organ recitals offering intimate portraits of the instrument through contrasting programmes by Damien Desbenoit, Stéphane Mottoul and Jan Lehtola. Each recital balances baroque, romantic and contemporary repertoire, emphasizing registration, timbral contrasts and the acoustic dialogue between instrument and space. Performances favour attentive, contemplative listening and showcase the performers’ interpretive finesse. Programme notes and detailed PDFs are available for each recital.
Guided visits of the temporary exhibition offer a thematic exploration of heritage and matrimoine through objects, photographs and installations. Curatorial narrative examines material culture, memory and identity, highlighting domestic artefacts, archival materials and contemporary practices. Visits are paced to encourage close looking and discussion, with attention to conservation, provenance and intercultural exchanges. The tours foreground under-represented histories and the material traces of everyday life.
In French.
“Couleur 8” explores the idea of existing at the margins: the place from which one sees no one and is not seen. Without familiar reference points or comparisons, the piece invites spectators to impose their own rhythm and to question the strength of marginality. Sparse staging and attentive pacing create an intimate, contemplative atmosphere where movement, silence and timing shape perception and unsettle expectations.
In French.
Choreographed by Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1 makes dance an act of self‑defense. Drawing on voguing, ballroom culture, capoeira and queer community codes, the piece transforms the body into a territory of resistance, turning the gesture of a firearm back against the power it symbolizes. Performed without music, the work relies on breath, the impact of steps and the scrape of sneakers, moving between stillness, vogue poses and sudden, frenzied accelerations.
An audiovisual projection followed by a conversation with the creative team behind the stage work PESSOA – Since I’ve Been Me, this program pays tribute to Robert Wilson, a pivotal figure in theatre and the visual arts. Through archival footage and testimonies it traces Wilson’s singular aesthetic and his collaborations with artists such as Philip Glass, Heiner Müller, Tom Waits, Susan Sontag and Laurie Anderson. The session explores his visual language, theatrical architecture and lasting influence on contemporary performance.
Luis Marques presents DEEP BLUE and INTERMITTENCES, two series of drawing-based works that transform line into landscape, rhythm and breath. DEEP BLUE offers expansive fields of blue where delicate marks build textured, contemplative seascapes. INTERMITTENCES reworks reclaimed screen-print test papers, letting traces, stains and accidents enter a patient process of repeated lines. Using pens, markers and even sewing thread, Marques negotiates control and chance, producing intimate topographies that meditate on time, repetition, memory and material transformation.
Opening: 2 September, 18:00
Closing: 13 September, 18:00
The Cartiglobe Festival is back to celebrate its 15th edition, themed around the Four Cardinal Points. From the Scandinavian chill to the desert heat of the Sahara, through traditional Japan and the dense jungles of Colombia: join them for a magical weekend trip around the world! Live concerts, DJ sets, food, …
Choreographed by Saša Asentić, Le Sacre du printemps is a reimagined Stravinsky landmark performed by the inclusive company Per.Art. Drawing on historical versions by the Ballets Russes, Maurice Béjart and Pina Bausch and enriched with the voices of disabled poets from Serbia, Iran, Ukraine and the United States, the seven dancers invert the original narrative. The staging transforms ritual into a manifesto of survival, blending physical rigor, collective solidarity and poetic testimony to renew the score as a cry for life.
Ensemble BOW presents a programme of John Williams’s most iconic film scores, from Star Wars and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List and Harry Potter. The musicians conjure cinematic textures with vivid orchestral colour, dynamic brass fanfares and intimate string passages. Arrangements highlight rhythmic drive and lyrical solos, while the ensemble’s clarity and energy recreate the emotional arcs of the original soundtracks. This evening celebrates Williams’s enduring knack for melodic storytelling and transports listeners into familiar film worlds.
“Couleur 8” explores the idea of existing at the margins: the place from which one sees no one and is not seen. Without familiar reference points or comparisons, the piece invites spectators to impose their own rhythm and to question the strength of marginality. Sparse staging and attentive pacing create an intimate, contemplative atmosphere where movement, silence and timing shape perception and unsettle expectations.
In French.
The 72nd Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique brings together leading international scholars for an in-depth exploration of the death penalty in ancient Greece and Rome. Through a series of lectures and discussions, the symposium examines the legal, political, philosophical, religious, and social dimensions of capital punishment across the ancient world, offering fresh perspectives on justice, power, gender, rhetoric, and resistance. Organized by the Fondation Hardt, this renowned academic gathering fosters dialogue between specialists while welcoming all those with an interest in classical studies, ancient history, archaeology, and the enduring questions raised by antiquity.
Booking: admin@fondationhardt.ch or +41 22 736 31 04
Choreographed by Léo Lérus, Gounouj in situ is an intimate, physical dance for four performers that evokes fragile, living landscapes. Rooted in gwoka rhythms and inspired by the creole concept of bousyè, the work blends traditional and contemporary vocabularies to explore vulnerability, transformation and resistance. Bodies shift between human and amphibious states across a sensory soundscape of bird song and marine breath, transforming the stage into a moving ecosystem and proposing a fragile possibility of new balance.
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