Danse en l’Île — the fifth edition of the International Young Ballets Festival brings together five European companies and over 80 young dancers in a programme of contemporary choreography. Works by Ohad Naharin, Alba Castillo, Edouard Hue, Johan Inger, Ben Duke, Oona Doherty, Ed Wubbe, Stephen Shropshire and Andrea Costanzo Martini alternate virtuosic ensemble passages with intimate solo moments, exploring physical intensity, abrupt dynamics and theatrical contrast.
Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.
In French.
“The Selfie Concert” by Ivo Dimchev at Maison Saint-Gervais is an interactive performance where the artist sings only when spectators take a selfie with him. This concept challenges the notions of narcissism and the interdependence between stars and fans, raising questions about perception and existence. The show highlights our mutual need for both the artist and audience to bring the event to life.
Choreographer Chiara Bersani invites the audience into the undergrowth of an imagined forest, performed in duo with dancer Elena Sgarbossa and a group of workshop participants. The piece stages bodies limited by disability to probe movement, survival and collective care. Inspired by confinement and the inequalities revealed by the pandemic, it turns the stage into an ecosystem — a vibrating floor, layered soundscape and a shared spatial attention — where small gestures, bodily memory and vulnerability become transformative forces and the basis for a newly imagined community.
Directed by Geneviève Pasquier and performed by Vincent Babel, LETTRE À MON DICTATEUR stages Eugène’s cathartic gesture of writing to Nicolae Ceauşescu. The production blends intimate monologue with archival echoes, folding fragments of Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue into a jazz-tinged score that punctuates memory and revelation. The creative space favors spare tableaux, tactile sound textures and a nimble rhythm that offsets historical weight with mischievous warmth, transforming personal trauma into a tender, witty coming-of-age confession.
In French.
After spending six years in prison, a solitary con artist embarks on a journey of reintegration. Suddenly, a woman claiming to be his daughter appears, bringing up a missing sum of money, a cult, and an heiress tied to wartime exploitation. With the support of a therapist who was involved throughout his incarceration, the characters delve into a world of deception, identity quests, and shared guilt. This existential thriller delves into the fragmented nature of reality and memory.
In French.
Artistic direction by Cédric Pescia frames a collective traversal of György Kurtág’s landmark piano cycle Játékok, performed by students and young pianists from HEM, CMG, CPMDT, IJD and pre‑college programmes. The cycle presents Books I–X alongside the world premiere of the unpublished Book XI, a sequence of miniatures that are playful yet exacting. The repertoire explores gesture, texture and concentrated musical language, creating an intimate sonic landscape that balances delicate detail with sudden bursts of intensity. Presented for Kurtág’s centenary and CMG’s 190th anniversary.
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