Marlene Monteiro Freitas / Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon

Marlene Monteiro Freitas / Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon

Canine Jaunâtre 3

Marlene Monteiro Freitas / Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon

Canine Jaunâtre 3

With a tennis net, scoreboard, and whistles, the stage is set for a match that will never take place. Drawing on the carnival heritage of her childhood in Cape Verde, Marlene Monteiro Freitas subverts the rules. Canine Jaunâtre 3 becomes a child’s game, where 17 identical dancers, with numbered bibs and cartoon-like faces, are subjected to contradictory rules. Create, destroy, move, reverse: these magnificent, interchangeable virtuosos, without apparent purpose, lead humanity into an uncertain realm where boundaries between humans, animals, and machines blur, leading the viewers to challenge their comfortable perceptions.

Marlene Monteiro Freitas / Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon - 
Canine Jaunâtre 3 (teaser)
© Marc Domage.

24 JAN 2026
SAT 19:00

25 JAN 2026
SUN 17:00

Buy Tickets
Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium
20€ (discounts)
Duration 1h30
M/6

Choreography, costumes and music

Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Choreographic assistant

Ben Green

Scenography

Yannick Fouassier e MMF

Light

Yannick Fouassier

Sound

Rui Antunes

Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon ballet masters

Amandine François, Marco Merenda e Raúl Serrano Núñez

Performers

Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon

In collaboration with

P.OR.K

Original order by

Batsheva Dance Company

In co-production with

Julidans and Montpellier Danse, 2018. In the repertoire of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon since 2024

The P.OR.K Cultural Association is funded by the Portuguese Republic - Ministério da Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes.

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