STEP 2
EMANUELLE SOUM · EVE88
VIOLA CHIARINI · Furiosa
Freestyle Villette
2h
STEP 2 features two choreographic, feminist manifestos: EVE88 and Furiosa free the body, rewrite myths, and transform the stage into a locus of resistance and reinvention.
VIOLA CHIARINI · Furiosa
In Furiosa, choreographer Viola Chiarini gives form to a visceral, ancient anger inspired by the figure of Medea. With three performers, she explores the feverish physicality of waacking, navigating between tension, pulsation, and liberation. Rage becomes an engine of creativity, instinctive language, and a space of survival. Anger is transfigured into an uplifting force and a powerful celebration of the feminine in all its intensity.
EMANUELLE SOUM · EVE88
What if Eve had never sinned? What if biting into the apple was a gesture of emancipation rather than a fall from grace? In EVE88, dancer and choreographer Emanuelle Soum has rewritten this foundation myth through a liberated physicality inspired by yoga, somatic practices, and vogue fem. Gestures rid themselves of aesthetic norms, and disobedience becomes an act of power. A celebration of the feminine as an intuitive, sacred, plural force.
VIOLA CHIARINI and EMANUELLE SOUM are supported by Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines, a program co-founded by the Fondation de France and La Villette.
Both performances include strobe lighting effects that may cause visual discomfort for some audience members.
EMANUELLE SOUM · EVE88Choreographer Emanuelle Soum With Noémie Dronet, Ludmila Gilles, Mariam Kamara, Maharu Kumakawa, Fanny Colliard Music To Van Kao, François X, King Doudou, Greg, Emel Mathlouthi Lighting Virgile Amour and Marine Stroeher Styling Tahi Guy Roland and Stephy Galvani Set Design Alicia Zaton External Advisors Mehdi Baki, Murièle Henry, Nhu Xuan Hua
Production MaisonM, In’hop Coproductions and Support Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines (Fondation de France – La Villette); CN D – National Dance Center; CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne I EMKA; CCN du Ballet de Lorraine; Ballet of the National Opera of the Rhin; Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne; Le Consulat Voltaire; KLAP – House for Dance; La ferme du grand Béon; Centre de la Musique et de la danse de Bagneux – Mairie de Bagneux; CDA – Centre des Arts d’Enghien; MAD – Maison de la danse de Lyon; Jolie Garce Record – Shay; La Chaufferie – compagnie Philippe Decouflé; Pôle en Scènes – Albert Camus Pôle Pik – Bron; Île-de-France Region
VIOLA CHIARINI · Furiosa Choreography and Artistic Direction Viola Chiarini Performers Viola Chiarini, Valerio Cassa, Élisa Morandi Lighting Design Marine Stroeher Sound Mixing Alessandro Rayan Ahmed (Radian) Coproductions Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines (Fondation de France – La Villette); Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar With the support of Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains (Scène conventionnée Art & Creation); CENTQUATRE-PARIS (Le Cinq); National Choreographic Center Roubaix Hauts-de-France – Sylvain Groud
Practical information
Grande Halle – Salle Boris Vian
Métro
Ligne 5 - Porte de Pantin
Tram
Tram 3b - Porte de Pantin
Bus
Bus 75, 151 : Porte de Pantin
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- This area is accessible for people with reduced mobility (PRM).
- This area is partially accessible for deaf people, depending on the program.
- This area is partially accessible for hearing aid users, depending on the program.
- This area is partially accessible for visually impaired and blind people.
- This area is accessible for people with psychiatric, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Both performances include strobe lighting effects that may cause visual discomfort for some audience members.
- Several dining options are available in the park before or after the show. Discover them HERE.
- The artistic and cultural education department at La Villette works with numerous schools and social sector organisations around this performance. During certain shows open to the general public, a significant number of young people may be welcomed into the audience.
Access to the venue is subject to a security check.
- The following are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replica weapons, animals except guide dogs for the blind, large luggage or bulky bags, and batteries for electric bikes or scooters.
- Security officers have sole discretion over which items are allowed or not.
- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
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