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Combining pagan folk traditions with modern electronics, Eihwar delivers a visceral Nordic folk set driven by shamanic drums and hypnotic chants. Signed to Season of Mist (home to Heilung and Danheim), the band has reached millions online and performed at major metal and folk festivals such as Hellfest, Wacken Open Air and Midgardsblot, and opened for The HU. Mira Ceti opens with a ritual-like duo performance, drawing on ancestral sounds and nature-bound mysticism.

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Artists from Tryo, Sinsémilia and Vanupié share the stage in a warm, collaborative concert blending reggae and French chanson. Guizmo and Manu, Mike and Riké join forces to revisit signature songs, exchange interpretations and create spontaneous moments with invited guests. The performance emphasizes meaningful lyrics, communal spirit and decades of touring experience, offering intimate renditions and joyous musical encounters that highlight voice, acoustic textures and rhythmic grooves.

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In the Brain, Hofesh Shechter’s latest creation, is a raw, electrifying dive into movement, rhythm and collective energy. Built from the 2022 piece Cave, it probes human gatherings and instinctive behaviour as identities dissolve into a shared pulse. A powerful, immersive score drives bodies to sync and merge, creating an intense collective dynamic. Lighting by Tom Visser and costumes by Osnat Kelner frame the ensemble work performed by Matilde Agostinone, Teige Bisnought, Nagga Baldina, Federica Fantuzi, Woojin Kwon, Armand Lassus, Skiye Nataliah and Ella Roberts.

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Choreographed by Patrick King and Johan King Silverhult, The Genesis gathers fifteen acrobats from thirteen countries in a visceral, apparatus-free circus that blends physical rigor and anthropological insight. The company constructs towering lifts, pyramids and human columns while powerful female bases support daring male flyers. Explosive jumps, flights and catches create breath-taking moments that probe community, solidarity and the dynamics of trust and risk. The work is a bold, emotionally charged celebration of collective strength and mutual dependence.

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Between folk, rock and poetry, Souad Massi presents Zagate, a luminous album where the softness of her voice meets the world’s depth. The Franco‑Algerian singer channels anger and hope with touching sincerity; the new record is more electric, moving from warm rock to hypnotic afrobeat, Saharan folk to Parisian blues. Accompanied by Ralph Lavital (guitars), Guy Nsangué (bass), Martin Wangermée (drums) and Mokrane Aldani (violin, mandole), her performance extends themes of freedom and justice.

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Nolwenn Le Doth delivers a striking solo text that confronts the painful subject of incest with rigour and humanity. On stage she navigates denial, shame and anger through a fragmented, puzzle-like dramaturgy that mixes courtroom exchanges, 1980s television sequences, childlike imagination and traumatic memories. The Arthurian combat metaphor threads the piece toward emancipation. Choreography by Thomas Guerry frames movement; Nicolas Maisse (sound), Juliette Besançon (lighting), Coline Galeazzi (costumes) and Claire Gringore (scenography) shape the production, accompanied by a women’s choir led by Tao Mousso.

In French.