Betty Tchomanga

© Dansfabrik

In Leçons de Ténèbres, four bodies become spokespersons, bearing traces of the stories of the world and the Earth. They unearth tales: those we do not want to see, that we have forgotten, that we have wanted to make disappear. These four people dig, bodies bent over, hunched over until they reveal the invisible. Until they themselves are transformed, disappear and metamorphose. One by one they challenge, bear witness, assist, protect, support and conjure up visions.

Premiere: September 29th, 2022 at Pacifique, CDCN de Grenoble.

Open to the public

Wednesday, March 23rd, 7 pm

at the CCNO

Free admission, reservation necessary

Conception Betty Tchomanga # Performance Mackenzy Bergile, Amparo Gonzalez Sola, Zoé Jaffry, Betty Tchomanga # Sound design Stéphane Monteiro # Lighting design Eduardo Abdala # Outside eyes Emma Tricard and Dalila Khatir # Vocal coach Dalila Khatir # Production administration Aoza – Marion Cachan # Production: Association Lola Gatt # Partners: Coopération Nantes-Rennes-Brest-Rouen - Itinéraires d’Artiste[s]; Le Quartz, scène nationale de Brest; wpZimmer - Anvers - Belgique; Le Triangle - Cité de la danse de Rennes; Le Pacifique - CDCN de Grenoble; Centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie, dans le cadre de l’accueil studio; Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans dans le cadre de l’accueil studio; Gessnerallee - Zürich - Suisse; Le Centre - Cotonou - Bénin; Kunstencentrum BUDA, Courtrai, Belgique; Les Subsistances, Lyon; Les Hivernales CDCN d’Avignon # Mécène: SARL SICC Saint-André-de-Cubzac

Betty Tchomanga

“I was born in 1989 to a Cameroonian father and a French mother. In 2007, I began studying contemporary dance at the CNDC under the direction of Emmanuelle Huynh. I graduated in 2009 and began my dancing career with Emmanuelle Huynh and Alain Buffard. After that I multiplied my experiences as a dancer for choreographers with diverse aesthetics. My career as a performer was profoundly affected by my encounter and collaboration with Marlene Monteiro Freitas. In 2016, I joined the Association Lola Gatt in Brest as associated choreographer, together with Gaël Sesboüé and Marie-Laure Caradec. The same year, I choreographed Madame, a piece for three performers. In 2020 I premiered Mascarades, a solo I choreographed and perform. At present I am working on a piece for four performers entitled Leçons de Ténèbres, scheduled to premiere in September 2022.”