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Fr, 13.2.2026

20:00—20:55 Show

Dampfzentrale – Kesselhaus

Bast Hippocrate

Joyaux Lourdement Sous-estimés
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Giorgia Filipponi

Autofictional relationship choreography
Forms of possibility
Intimate, tender, connected

«Joyaux lourdement sous-estimés» – which might translate into English as «strongly underestimated jewels» – is the story of two men who love, fight, rediscover, hate and reconcile with one another, as if in a dark dream. Searching for tenderness, mutual understanding and connection, together they explore different forms of relationships: from open relationships to chemsex, from platonic connections to polyamory. On stage, the two bodies merge, challenging one another, reinventing themselves. Embraces become a language, grappling with another body a form of rethinking relationships. Pas de deux and music combine in a polyphonic patchwork of identity fragments, sonic colours and pop music.
«Joyaux lourdement sous-estimés» questions our ways of loving and the scripts of heteronormative couples. By exploring alternative couple structures, the piece invites viewers to liberate themselves from the idealization of the couple and imagine new forms – towards a sensitive, illuminated space where lust and vulnerability coexist, where tenderness becomes political, and where bodies learn to love and leave one another.

Biography

Bast Hippocrate is a queer artist born in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He first developed performances as an autodidact in alternative, non-institutional spaces. In 2019, he completed his studies at La Manufacture in Lausanne. His work combines autofiction, physicality and vulnerability. In «LoveLettersOrNot» (2021) and «Joyaux Lourdement Sous-estimés» (2025) he examines intimacy, the complexity of relationships and the overcoming of individual traumata. Bast Hippocrate collaborates regularly with artists such as Géraldine Chollet, Simone Aughterlony and Valerie Reding.

Accessibility

The performance spaces and toilets at the Dampfzentrale are accessible to wheelchair users via a stair lift. Please contact us by email at kasse@dampfzentrale.ch so that we can reserve a suitable seat in the auditorium for you.

Sensory Warnings

  • Laser lights

Others pieces available for touring

LoveLettersOrNot (2021) – 40min, 1 performer, immersive performance, any stage size

Booking contact
Maxine Devaud; maxine@oh-la-la.ch

Credits

Artistic direction Bast Hippocrate

Performance Performance: Bast Hippocrate, Marcos Arriola

Sound design Golce Kummer

Light design Tiki Bordin

Sound engineer Thibault Villard

Fashion design Zoé Marmier

Dramaturgy Sélima Chibout

Outside eye David Weishaar, Mélissa Guex

Jewelry Capucine Jewellry

Editorial consultation Noémi Schaub

Administration Victoria Wuthrich

Revolving platform Lazy Suzy, created by Jonas Maria Droste for the piece «EveryBody’s Fantasy» by Jen Rosenblit

Diffusion Maxine Devaud / Oh la la Productions

Co-production TPR – Centre neuchâtelois des arts vivants, ADN-Danse Neuchâtel, Arsenic

Support Ville de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton de Neuchâtel, Ernst Göhner Foundation, BCN Foundation, Casino Neuchâtel, Loterie Romande

Venue

Dampfzentrale – Kesselhaus
Marzilistrasse 47, 3005 Bern
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Tickets

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