19 – 21 May

Synthetic / Artefact

Booking Required

Choreographed by Tiran Willemse, SYNTHETIC / Artefact expands his investigation of dance history through an afrosurrealist lens. Building on his earlier solos, the ensemble work examines the doll as object and cultural symbol, shifting between realism and artifice. The piece interrogates archives while proposing speculative inventions, foregrounding the beauty and agency of living bodies that resist being reduced to mere objects. A rigorous yet poetic choreography, it blends historical inquiry with sensory, theatrical invention.

Place Beatriz-Consuelo,
1206 Genève
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Photo Credit: DR

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