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Augustin à la mine

Augustin à la mine is a poetic theatrical portrait inspired by the life of Augustin Lesage, a miner who became a painter guided by inner voices. Fabrice Melquiot’s text traces visions, mysticism and social reality as the ensemble embodies a metamorphosis from labour to visionary creation. Directed by Julien Schmutz with choreography by Jasmine Morand, the cast, Céline Goormaghtigh, Amélie Chérubin Soulières, Marjolaine Minot, Céline Rey, Jeanne Pasquier, Michel Lavoie and Diego Todeschini, navigates ritual, drama and collective intensity.

In French.

Rue du Général-Dufour 16,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: DR

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