Saturday 28 November, 19:00

Black Lights

Choreographed by Mathilde Monnier, Black Lights reworks nine texts from the series H24 (created by Valérie Urrea and Nathalie Masduraud) into a corporal theatre of movement and presence. On stage, dancers translate everyday violences against women into force: shock becomes momentum, intimacy becomes collective experience. The piece moves between stand-up and poetic testimony, balancing realism, emotion and anger with flashes of dark humour. It offers a visceral, politically engaged encounter that compels attention.

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