La Comédie de Valence, CDN Drôme-Ardèche

Translated as “enchanted” in the Afro-Brazilian tradition, Encantado also refers to mystical, nature-protecting entities. Lia Rodrigues calls upon these magical forces in a bewitching and many-coloured ballet.

Orchestrating an encounter-cum-fight between a woman and a statue pedestal, Phia Ménard continues to chip away at the foundations of our societies’ patriarchal violence, through the imaginative realm and a call to dream.