Nadia Beugré
Nadia Beugré
Two years ago, Nadia Beugré met with members from the trans community of Abidjan, the city where Beugré was born and raised. Assigned as male when born, they live between genders in a society that – at best – denies their existence. Many work as hairdressers by day, and by night they are club divas who invent dance routines from styles such as voguing or coupé-décalé. They live underground, and they help each other.
Working with members from this community, Beugré developed a choreographic investigation on gender, identity and life on the fringe. It invites you to a hybrid space where the stage becomes a beauty salon, then turns into a dance floor. Nothing is immutable and each movement is an ode to the possibility of being several things at once. In a choreography sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive, Beugré speaks of the female condition, and of solidarity.
24 NOV 2023
FRI 21:00
25 NOV 2023
SAT 21:00
In French and Nouchi with subtitles in Portuguese and English.
24 NOV - talk after the show
Support
Organization
Part of Alkantara Festival
Original title
Prophétique (On est déjà né·es)
Artistic direction
Nadia Beugré
Light
Anthony Merlaud
Set design
Jean-Christophe Lanquetin
Artistic assistance
Christian Romain Kossa
External guidance
Nadim Bahsoun, Adonis Nebié
Performance
Beyoncé, Canel, Jhaya Caupenne, Taylor Dear, Acauã Shereya El Bandide, Kevin Kero
Espetáculo apresentado com o apoio do Institut Français e do projeto MaisFRANÇA, uma temporada concebida pelo Institut Français du Portugal com o apoio dos mecenas Claude & Sofia Marion Foundation, JC Decaux, BNP Paribas, Mexto e Credibom.
Production
Libr'Arts / Virginie Dupray
Co-production
Kunstenfestivaldesarts Bruxelas, Théâtre Le Rideau Bruxelas, Montpellier Danse, Points Communs Cergy Pontoise, Holland Festival Amsterdã, CULTURESCAPES 2023 Sahara, ICI—Centre Chorégraphique National Montpellier Occitanie / direção de Christian Rizzo, Fonds Transfabrik – Fonds franco-allemand pour le spectacle vivant, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlim, La Place de la danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, Théâtre Garonne Scène Européenne - Toulouse, Centre Pompidou Paris, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Spielart festival Munique, Théâtre de Freiburg, Africa Moment
Residence
Agora de la danse Montpellier danse, La place de la danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, Théâtre Le Rideau Bruxelas
With support
DRAC Occitanie - Ministério Francês da Cultura e Comunicação
Acknowledgements
Ivoire Marionnettes Abidjan and Institut français of Côte d'Ivoire
This show is presented with the support of the Institut Français and the MaisFRANÇA project, a season conceived by the Institut Français du Portugal with the support of patrons Claude & Sofia Marion Foundation, JC Decaux, BNP Paribas, Mexto and Credibom.