Premiere: October 7, 2025 at Points Communs - Nouvelle Scène Nationale de Cergy Pontoise / Festival d'Automne in Paris

Bruits Marrons is a creation that takes as its starting point the work Evil Nigger and reflections on the life of its composer, the African-American musician Julius Eastman. Taking the idea of a quilombo (communities of free and autonomous Maroon slaves) and bringing it into the present day, the piece will bring together one musician and five dancers (as well as a large artistic and technical support team) to create an ephemeral community that explores resistance and solidarity through music that unites rage and beauty. The premiere will take place at the 2025 Festival d'Automne.

Choreography Calixto Neto
Performance Shereya, Andrège Bidiamambu, Stanley Ollivier, Isabela Fernandes Santana, Ndoho Ange
Musical direction and performance by Omar Gabriel Delnevo
Choreography assistance by Carolina Campos
Set design Morgana Machado Marques 
Costumes Suelem by Oliveira da Silva
Lighting Eduardo Abdala
Technical direction Marie Predour
Sound engineer Marie Mouslouhouddine
Production, administration and distribution Julie Le Gall
VOA Executive Production

Thanks: Dalila Khatir, Lucila Piffer, Shirley Soa, Rafael Frazão, Jean-David Lemarié, Fallon Mayanja

Co-productions: Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d'Oise; Festival d'Automne à Paris; CND - Centre national de la danse; Charleroi danse - Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles; Mille Plateaux, CCN La Rochelle; Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble as part of the residency program - Ministry of Culture; Cndc - Angers as part of the residency program - Ministry of Culture
With the support of Adami, Kunstencentrum BUDA (Courtrai), the Ménagerie de Verre, the Moving in November Festival, the Drac Île-de-France - Ministry of Culture within the framework of the agreement and sponsorship of the Caisse des Dépôts
Action funded by the Ile-de-France Region






TOUR DATES

- October 7 & 8, 2025 - PREMIERE // Points Communs, Cergy Pontoise as part of the Festival d'Automne à Paris
- October 17 & 18, 2025 // Charleroi Dance Biennial with Kaaitheater
- November 19, 20, 21, 2025 // MC93 as part of the CND and Festival d'Automne à Paris programming
- February 7, 2026 // BNM - Parallel Festival, Marseille
- March 21, 2026 // Festival Conversations, CNDC, Angers
- June 10, 2026 // Almost Summer Festival, BUDA, Kortrijk
- August 18,19,20, 2026 // Festival Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich
- August 27, 28, 29, 2026 // Tanz im August Festival, Berlin


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IMAGES: Jean David Lemarié