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Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.
In French and Mandarin.
Exit Void, the Geneva-based collective founded by Emral Kadriov, Birdjan Kadriov and Alessandro Bucolo, traces a sharp, restless path through Swiss independent cinema and music culture. Known for turning the music video into a space of invention, the trio presents a selection of works shaped by narrative drive, special effects and formal risk. Their collaborations with Geneva artists and international names reveal a visual language that is bold, kinetic and unmistakably contemporary.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this high-energy bill brings together Tagada Jones, Darcy and Bob’s Not Dead for an intense evening of punk and rock. Each band offers raw riffs, driving rhythms and urgent vocals, moving between anthemic choruses and fast, uncompromising grooves. Expect a compact, visceral set-up where community spirit and DIY ethos meet seasoned stagecraft, showcasing both local vitality and headline force.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.
A playful, sharply staged theatrical evening that untangles the quirks and tensions of modern relationships through physical comedy, witty dialogue and inventive staging. The ensemble blends absurdist humour with intimate moments, using minimal sets, imaginative props and dynamic lighting to shift tone between farce and tenderness. The piece relies on precise rhythm and close ensemble work to transform everyday misunderstandings into moments of poignancy and laughter.
In French.
Emergentia 2027 brings together the next generation of choreographers from Geneva and beyond in a two‑week festival of new performance and research. Conceived and produced by three Geneva organizations, the program juxtaposes site-specific creations, international residencies, open studios revealing works-in-progress, and embodied workshops and conversations. Performances feature artists such as Isam Abad Montalvo, Sami Lea Samira Bernath, Oscar M. Damianaki, Efthimios Moschopoulos and Soraya Leila Emery, alongside collaborative projects and emerging voices.
With PavillonADC & TU-Théâtre de L’Usine.
Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.
In French and Mandarin.
Exit Void, the Geneva-based collective founded by Emral Kadriov, Birdjan Kadriov and Alessandro Bucolo, traces a sharp, restless path through Swiss independent cinema and music culture. Known for turning the music video into a space of invention, the trio presents a selection of works shaped by narrative drive, special effects and formal risk. Their collaborations with Geneva artists and international names reveal a visual language that is bold, kinetic and unmistakably contemporary.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this high-energy bill brings together Tagada Jones, Darcy and Bob’s Not Dead for an intense evening of punk and rock. Each band offers raw riffs, driving rhythms and urgent vocals, moving between anthemic choruses and fast, uncompromising grooves. Expect a compact, visceral set-up where community spirit and DIY ethos meet seasoned stagecraft, showcasing both local vitality and headline force.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.
A playful, sharply staged theatrical evening that untangles the quirks and tensions of modern relationships through physical comedy, witty dialogue and inventive staging. The ensemble blends absurdist humour with intimate moments, using minimal sets, imaginative props and dynamic lighting to shift tone between farce and tenderness. The piece relies on precise rhythm and close ensemble work to transform everyday misunderstandings into moments of poignancy and laughter.
In French.
Emergentia 2027 brings together the next generation of choreographers from Geneva and beyond in a two‑week festival of new performance and research. Conceived and produced by three Geneva organizations, the program juxtaposes site-specific creations, international residencies, open studios revealing works-in-progress, and embodied workshops and conversations. Performances feature artists such as Isam Abad Montalvo, Sami Lea Samira Bernath, Oscar M. Damianaki, Efthimios Moschopoulos and Soraya Leila Emery, alongside collaborative projects and emerging voices.
With PavillonADC & TU-Théâtre de L’Usine.
Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.
In French and Mandarin.
Exit Void, the Geneva-based collective founded by Emral Kadriov, Birdjan Kadriov and Alessandro Bucolo, traces a sharp, restless path through Swiss independent cinema and music culture. Known for turning the music video into a space of invention, the trio presents a selection of works shaped by narrative drive, special effects and formal risk. Their collaborations with Geneva artists and international names reveal a visual language that is bold, kinetic and unmistakably contemporary.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this high-energy bill brings together Tagada Jones, Darcy and Bob’s Not Dead for an intense evening of punk and rock. Each band offers raw riffs, driving rhythms and urgent vocals, moving between anthemic choruses and fast, uncompromising grooves. Expect a compact, visceral set-up where community spirit and DIY ethos meet seasoned stagecraft, showcasing both local vitality and headline force.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.
A playful, sharply staged theatrical evening that untangles the quirks and tensions of modern relationships through physical comedy, witty dialogue and inventive staging. The ensemble blends absurdist humour with intimate moments, using minimal sets, imaginative props and dynamic lighting to shift tone between farce and tenderness. The piece relies on precise rhythm and close ensemble work to transform everyday misunderstandings into moments of poignancy and laughter.
In French.
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.
Choreographed by Soraya Leila Emery, Coming Soon reimagines Ingres’s La Grande Odalisque through a playful, subversive lens. A single performer shifts between tableaux—seductive, mischievous, defiant—using grotesque exaggeration and theatrical excess to unsettle the orientalist gaze. Sparse objects, bold gestures and a keen sense of timing create alternating moments of intimacy and farce, opening space for new narratives of desire and agency. Created in collaboration with Emergentia and local partners, the work feels simultaneously imminent and elusive.
Le Salon du Design presents a focused selection of twentieth‑century furniture, lighting and design objects from 1910 to 1990. About thirty vetted professional dealers from Switzerland and across Europe offer original and collectible pieces signed by modern and postmodern designers. Emphasising authenticity, craftsmanship and provenance, the fair appeals to discerning collectors and enthusiasts. The presentation foregrounds curated, high-quality vintage pieces rather than flea-market finds or contemporary studio work, inviting close study of form, material and design history.
Autothérapie is a solo dance work that unfolds as a choreographic form of introspection. Fragmented sessions weave geography of memory, trauma and cultural references to explore Haiti, personal history and intergenerational memory. The piece favors intimate, physical staging and concentrated dramaturgy, inviting viewers into an embodied investigation of identity, inherited narratives and resilience. Rawness and poetic movement alternate, producing a dense emotional atmosphere that lingers beyond the performance.
Dr Sylvain De Lucia, Chef de Clinique at HUG; Dre Martine Bideau, pediatrician; Dre Cécile Ryser, child psychiatrist; and Prof. Johanna Sommer, head of the Cursus Planétaire, bring clinical and educational expertise in planetary health.
Sessions examine how climate disruption and pollution affect population and child health, investigate eco-anxiety and eco-skepticism, and explore practical levers: food, mobility, nature contact and digital management that improve health while reducing environmental impact. A roundtable and participatory workshops discuss determinants of health and collective engagement.
In French.
Choreographer Aurélien Dougé investigates the relation between body and material in Sans titre (Barre d’acier). Performed solo on a square platform, the artist rotates continuously while holding a four‑metre steel bar that acts as both constraint and bodily extension. The piece foregrounds shifted weight, altered lines of tension and extremely slow gestural transformations against a persistent rotational rhythm. Rudy Decelière’s sound design suspends time, and a video triptych created with WIPART extends the work’s sculptural presence across contexts.
Presented within the Emerentia festival, this evening gathers three original short dance pieces by Shereya, Joce and Uma. Inspired by literary short stories, the program uses compact narrative forms to probe storytelling through movement, confronting the codes and bodies of institutional contemporary dance. Each 30-minute piece shifts tone and atmosphere, alternating intimate gestures and bold choreographic risk to explore memory, desire and afterlives of the party. The work favours concentrated dramaturgy and physical immediacy.
Emergentia 2027 brings together the next generation of choreographers from Geneva and beyond in a two‑week festival of new performance and research. Conceived and produced by three Geneva organizations, the program juxtaposes site-specific creations, international residencies, open studios revealing works-in-progress, and embodied workshops and conversations. Performances feature artists such as Isam Abad Montalvo, Sami Lea Samira Bernath, Oscar M. Damianaki, Efthimios Moschopoulos and Soraya Leila Emery, alongside collaborative projects and emerging voices.
With PavillonADC & TU-Théâtre de L’Usine.
Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.
In French and Mandarin.
Exit Void, the Geneva-based collective founded by Emral Kadriov, Birdjan Kadriov and Alessandro Bucolo, traces a sharp, restless path through Swiss independent cinema and music culture. Known for turning the music video into a space of invention, the trio presents a selection of works shaped by narrative drive, special effects and formal risk. Their collaborations with Geneva artists and international names reveal a visual language that is bold, kinetic and unmistakably contemporary.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this high-energy bill brings together Tagada Jones, Darcy and Bob’s Not Dead for an intense evening of punk and rock. Each band offers raw riffs, driving rhythms and urgent vocals, moving between anthemic choruses and fast, uncompromising grooves. Expect a compact, visceral set-up where community spirit and DIY ethos meet seasoned stagecraft, showcasing both local vitality and headline force.
Wright Colloquium 2026 brings together interdisciplinary inquiry to rethink what we call intelligence. The program examines intelligence across scales — from artificial systems and ant colonies to neurons and engrams — and considers cognitive, neurological and philosophical perspectives. Participants will explore how different forms of intelligence shape societies, knowledge and our worldviews, with discussions, panels and workshops aimed at advancing conceptual and practical understanding.
In French and in English.
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.
A playful, sharply staged theatrical evening that untangles the quirks and tensions of modern relationships through physical comedy, witty dialogue and inventive staging. The ensemble blends absurdist humour with intimate moments, using minimal sets, imaginative props and dynamic lighting to shift tone between farce and tenderness. The piece relies on precise rhythm and close ensemble work to transform everyday misunderstandings into moments of poignancy and laughter.
In French.
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An intimate museum in the heart of Geneva, the Musée Tatiana Zoubov presents the refined collection assembled by its namesake collector. Paintings, furniture, porcelain, silverware and decorative objects evoke the atmosphere of a private European collection, offering a glimpse into the tastes and art of living of another era.
In the heart of Geneva’s Old Town, the International Museum of the Reformation traces the history and legacy of the Protestant Reformation from the 16th century to the present day. Historical objects, artworks and immersive displays explore a movement that profoundly shaped Geneva and influenced societies around the world.
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