by Gisèle Vienne
with texts by Marie NDiaye and the ensemble
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Gisèle Vienne
SCHIFFBAU HALLE
WORLD PREMIERE: 10.12.2026
In French with English and German surtitles
At the end of a wedding celebration, eight characters remain. They are the remnants, who spontaneously form a family – people who, in all their fragility, look after one another, or at least try to. We enter a kind of portrait gallery, where we discover a story within each of them. Snapshots that also reflect the present moment: the impact that increasingly authoritarian forms of government have on our psychological state. What is reality, and who in society defines it? Through these eight characters and what moves them – quite literally their physical movement – a struggle for a dignified life for everyone unfolds.
The new production by interdisciplinary artist Gisèle Vienne combines choreography and theatre, and results from a long-term investigation into power relations and how they are constructed. For the first time, Gisèle Vienne collaborates with award-winning writer Marie NDiaye, whose writing intertwines psychological observation with dreamlike elements.
PRODUCTION & COPRODUCTION
Production: DACM / Compagnie Gisèle Vienne
Coproduction: Zürich Schauspielhaus // Les Nuits de Fourvière // Berliner Festspiele // Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre // MC2 : Grenoble – Scène Nationale // Wiener Festwochen // Festival d’Automne à Paris // TPR - Centre neuchâtelois des arts vivants, La Chaux-de-Fonds // MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis // Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique // Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne // FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts Festival // TANDEM – Scène nationale Arras-Douai // La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse // International Summer Festival Kampnagel - Hamburg // BIT Teatergarasjen // De Singel – Antwerp // Manège – Scène nationale de Reims.
♥ Supported by: Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels // Fonds SACD / Ministère de la culture Grandes Formes Théâtre // Le Quai CDN Angers // CENTQUATRE - Paris
♥♥♥ Special thanks to the Théâtre national de Strasbourg
The Company Gisèle Vienne is supported by Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Grand Est, the Région Grand Est and Ville de Strasbourg. The company is supported by the Institut Français for international touring.
Gisèle Vienne is associated artist at Théâtre National de Bretagne - Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique, at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse ; at Volcan - Scène Nationale du Havre and at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.
François Boulet
Raphaëlle Landré
Eva Pousson
Clem Papandrea