Leïla Huissoud, initially discovered on “The Voice” and renowned for her debut album “L’Ombre,” is set to captivate audiences at the Spectacles Onésiens with her third album “La maladresse.” This new release takes a more electronic and melancholic turn, delving into the unexpected and darker sides of life. Despite the challenges of an artist’s life, Leïla draws inspiration from the marginalized, turning her experiences into poetic and moving music.
Based on Svetlana Alexievitch’s book, this choral theatre piece gathers and amplifies the testimonies of women who fought in World War II. Directed by Julie Deliquet, it is performed by an all-female ensemble — Julie André, Astrid Bayiha, Évelyne Didi, Marina Keltchewsky, Odja Llorca, Marie Payen, Amandine Pudlo, Agnès Ramy, Blanche Ripoche and Hélène Viviès. The staging combines intimate testimony and rigorous theatrical composition to evoke trauma, memory and resilience, framed by translations and a stage version crafted with sensitivity.
In French.
This four-evening concert cycle stages a collision between nostalgic anachronism and urgent futurity, producing jolting aesthetic shocks. Musicians move between written material and wild improvisation, blending kitsch textures, dazzling contrasts and incandescent timbres. Florence Melnotte (kaoscilator, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Sylvain Fournier (drums, vocals) and Louis Billette (saxophones, flugelhorn, vocals) shape a sound-world where intimacy and chaos entwine, inviting listeners into a luminous, unpredictable musical theatre.
Choreographed by Ana Pi, Atomic Joy is a visceral dance piece that transforms joy into an act of resistance. Drawing on Grand Paris street dances and afrodiasporic legacies, Ana Pi brings together eight performers in a physically incandescent ensemble where groove, tension and jubilation collide. Between political manifesto and sensory ritual, the work explores resilience, collective renewal and the raw energy of bodies in motion. Produced in collaboration with Festival Antigel and the Ville de Vernier cultural service.
Festival Antigel transforms Geneva into an experimental cultural playground each winter, a three-week laboratory of innovation. Programming mixes renowned and emerging artists across music, performance and visual projects, revealing unexpected sites and blending disciplines. The festival foregrounds diversity and social engagement, bringing together varied audiences through bold curations. Lighting, sound and staging often shape intimate, cinematic atmospheres, while collaborative projects emphasize discovery, collective energy and the thrill of shared, ephemeral encounters.
“We Are The Champions,” a captivating conference-performance by Pierre-Do Bourgknecht, delves into the intimate connection between sports and music. Joined by Sébastien Breguet on the cello, Bourgknecht shares engaging stories and iconic moments that highlight this link. Playful and interactive, the show demonstrates how talent, technique, and endurance bridge these worlds. Exercising to music enhances enjoyment and performance while lowering perceived exertion.
In French.
Winter of Caecilia gathers seven local theatre productions that revisit contemporary and classic forms through monologue and solo performance. Artists such as Nastassja Tanner, Ahmed Belbachir, Roland Vouilloz and Vincent Jacquet offer intimate, visceral interpretations, while texts by playwrights like Fabrice Melquiot are brought to life under directors including Jean‑Yves Ruf. The programme mixes poetic, comic and physically charged pieces that privilege sensory staging and emotional immediacy, inviting audiences into distinct, singular theatrical universes.
In French.
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