Yel K. Banto & Sebastien Roussi
Chien.ne.x.s Libéré.e.x.s (episode 1)

2023 | HEAD | ACT Bern

The public enters the Aula and sit on chairs. The setting is frontal. There are two chairs, two blond wigs, two glasses and two bottles of water. The performers enter the stage. They are wearing high hills and their walk produces a great noise. They walk around the stage space. Their walk is rhythmic and They don’t speak. The share and eat an apple while walking. They stop walking, sit on the chairs with the wigs on the laps. They caress the wigs and begin to tell a story. They speak in German, English and French and help each other translating. A dialogue between them but for us. It’s a story about the return from a party. It is first about a hetero dog. The story develops into one of sexual harassment and assault. They re-enact the situation of sexual harassment. « Yesterday, I was bitten by two dogs » They leave the space through the audience. They enter the space a little later : one performer is on all fours, with an apple in the mouth, on a trolley that the other pushes.

  • Jeanne Spaeter / HKB CAP Alumna & performer

Photos: Francesca Ticca

Photos: Francesca Ticca

Photos: Francesca Ticca