
BRUITS MARRONS

Work in progress.
Premiere: October 7, 2025, at Points Communs - Nouvelle Scène Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Festival d'Automne in Paris
Bruits Marrons is a creation inspired by the work Evil Nigger and reflections on the life of its composer, African-American musician Julius Eastman. Drawing on the concept of a quilombo (communities of marooned slaves, free and autonomous) and bringing it into contemporary contexts, the piece will gather two musicians and four dancers (in addition to a large artistic and technical support team) to create an ephemeral community questioning resistance and solidarity through music that combines rage and beauty. The premiere will take place at the Festival d'Automne 2025.
Choreography: Calixto Neto
Performance: Acauã Shereya, Andrès Bidiamambu, Stanley Ollivier, Isabela Fernandes Santana
Pianists: Omar Gabriel Delnevo (musical direction), Mackenzy Bergile
Choreographic Assistance: Carolina Campos
Set and Costume Design: in progress
Lighting: Eduardo Abdala
Technical Direction: Marie Predour
Sound Management: Marie Mouslouhouddine
Production, Administration, and Distribution: Julie Le Gall
Delegated Production: VOA
Coproductions: Points Communs - Nouvelle Scène Nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d'Oise, Festival d’Automne in Paris, Centre National de la Danse, Charleroi Danse, Mille Plateaux - CCN of La Rochelle, CCN of Grenoble as part of the Accueil-studio 2025, Accueil-studio CNDC Angers
Supported by: BUDA - Courtrai, La Ménagerie de Verre, DRAC Île-de-France under its convention and sponsorship from Caisse des Dépôts.
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IMAGES: The first three photos are part of the action Balade avec Julius, where the book 52 Niggers by Stacy Hardy, featuring Julius Eastman's face on the cover, is placed in front of different landscapes. First image: in front of a photo by Jay Ramier (Juke Joint, 2021) exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo. Second image: in front of the statue of Zumbi dos Palmares (hero of Black resistance in Brazil and creator of the Quilombo dos Palmares) in Salvador de Bahia. Third image: in front of the statue of Toussaint Louverture, hero of the Haitian revolution, in Bordeaux, France.
Fourth image: a photo of Calixto Neto, onto whose body a photograph of Julius Eastman, taken by photographer Marbeth, is projected.