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Théâtre de l’extrême / Luana Volet

parade d’intimidation aigre-douce
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Alan Heiniger

Feminist outdoor parade
Reclaim the public space
Strength
Empowerment

«parade d’intimidation aigre-douce» – «a bittersweet parade of intimidation» – thus the title of this infectious and furious outdoor daytime performance of the young, Lausanne-based company Théâtre de l’extrême surrounding Luana Volet. The title is programmatic: a group of women appears suddenly, lays down the rhythm and invites the audience to follow them. With dance and acrobatics, these energetic and powerful bodies fill the space, guiding and confronting the gaze of the spectators. In doing so, the performers transport themselves and the audience into that suspended moment of potentiality, the ‘shortly before’ when nothing has happened yet, but everything could still happen. «parade d’intimidation aigre-douce» is piece, parade and performance as well as a feminist and antiracist invitation to shake up the relation between public space and people, who often are less represented in it. A programmatic demand to live out resistance and opposition – with extravagance, fragility and a good dose of mockery.

Biography

Luana Volet is an acrobat and performer from Lausanne. She specialized in circus performance at the Ecole de Cirque de Lausanne, at the circus project Waldoni in Darmstadt and at Passe Muraille in Besançon. In 2016, she graduated from the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Ticino; in 2023 she completed her master’s degree at FAI-AIR, an academy of art in the public spaces, in Marseille. Since 2020, she has been creating pieces combining dance, physical theatre and circus art with the company Théâtre de l’extrême in Lausanne.

Venues

Fri, 13.2. – Culture Centre Reitschule

Sat, 14.2. – Railway Station Square

Accessibility

The performance takes places outside and the audience is expected to stand for its duration. There are no seats available.

The square in front of the Reitschule Bern as well as the Bahnhofsplatz are wheelchair accessible. For visitors to the performance on Friday, there is an accessible toilet in the Tojo Theatre that can be used.

Further productions available for touring

maudit, maudit, maudit (2020) – 2 performers, 8mx8m, 20 minutes
douceur de la ville (2021) – open space wandering, 2 performers, 40-50 minutes

Booking contact – Kieran Steinhauser, theatrextreme.contact@gmail.com

Credits

Concept and direction uana Volet, in collaboration with the artistic team

Artistic collaboration Françoise Paca Gautier, Daniela Vargas, Carla Manrique, Elisabeth Merle, Martha Mutapay

Interpretation Françoise Paca Gautier, Daniela Vargas, Carla Manrique, Luana Volet

Outside eyes Ana Laura Nascimento, Lia Schädler, Elisabeth Merle, Jane Fournier

Masks Luana Volet, Astrid Durocher

Special objects Stanislas Delarue

Costumes Marie Romanens

Production Théâtre de l’extrême

Financial support, partners, residency support Fondation Quadrige, CCHAR- centre de création helvétique des arts de la rue, Festival pluridisciplinaire Castrum, Bourse Ecriture en Campagne - avec le soutien de Latitude50, Théâtre & Publics, la SACD et la SSA, Festival de la Cité - Pyxis, maisons de la culture et de l'exploration numérique, Station Circus et Theater Roxy, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Le Pour Cent Culturel Migros, Espace Périphérique (Ville de Paris / La Villette), FAI-AR, Montevideo, soutien à la tournée 2025 Corodis -Loterie Romande

Venue

Culture Centre Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
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Dates/Tickets

13.2.2026, 13:00—13:35
Culture Centre Reitschule
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