De l’Horreur et du Sublime

Accompanied by his masked performers, Léonard Lesage dances on a tightrope stretched between horror and the sublime. In tune with a world of tensions, this colourful production uses imbalance as a driving force for dance. ‘What remains when our bearings falter? When fear, the desire for control and violence permeate bodies and societies? ’ Perhaps the possibility of bearing witness through movement. On stage, a phalanx of unsettling militiamen in colourful balaclavas, a woman in the resistance, and intriguing, masked masters of chaos who can turn the tables at any moment... Amidst ambiguous figures, collective rituals and apparitions, Léonard Lesage presents a powerful visual work driven by a dramaturgy full of surprises. A gentle embrace may prove fatal here, and from the universal to the intimate, violence and tenderness perform a unsettling pas de deux. At a time when everything is in flux, a gesture of humanity hovers above the abyss.