Le Grand Bal, by Cie Dyptik and directed by Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari, gathers nine performers in a fierce choreography that turns movement into political gesture. The piece blends raw physicality, collective pulse and dramatic tension—sweat, struggle and exaltation drive a ritual-like dance that resists stasis and norms. Lighting and movement sculpt a visceral atmosphere where each gesture reads as both revolt and release, inviting the audience into a shared trance of embodied freedom.

Choreographed by Belgian Piet Van Dycke, Beyond gathers six performers from dance, acrobatics and pole dance in a striking physical theatre exploring balance, risk and collective support. With unstable ladders and shifting footholds, the company sculpts moments of tension, lift and lyrical force, turning acrobatic feats into a poetic meditation on cooperation and human connection. The piece blends athleticism and tenderness, offering a visually bold yet intimate investigation of how bodies meet and build bridges above the void. Produced within Steps festival.

Lina_ revisits the poems of Luís de Camões in Fado Camões, a concert-poem where traditional fado is reshaped with blues and electronic textures. Her expressive voice inhabits Camões’s lyrical intensity, moving between fervour, tenderness and dramatic power. Accompanied by a small ensemble of multi-influenced musicians, the performance blends heritage and modern soundscapes to create an intimate, haunting journey that traces the emotional core of the poet’s verses.

Fannytastic (Fanny Chériaux) offers an intimate, musical voyage that traces life through the metamorphoses of the body. Between musical theatre, pop concert and autofiction, the performance moves from unruly childhood to troubled adolescence, navigating social injunctions toward joyful emancipation. Accompanied by musicians Thomas Couppey and Sébastien Dalloni, Fanny blends humour, emotion and poetry, led by her voice and vibrant presence — a personal yet universal hymn to the freedom of being oneself.

In French.

L’amour c’est pour du beurre, created and directed by Eline Schumacher, is a tender, bittersweet comedy that follows six damaged characters who rehearse Shakespeare in a gym. Through awkward encounters, hidden wounds and bursts of laughter, the piece explores the need to love and to heal. Schumacher mixes burlesque and social theatre to create intimate moments and joyful chaos, offering an affectionate portrait of human fragility and resilience.

In French.