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Le Lieu Unique
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Exhibition
Sur tes lèvres
Two exhibitions based on the collection of the Frac des Pays de la Loire
A powerful conveyor of emotions and of union across centuries and from culture to culture, the meaning of the kiss varies according to the era and…
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Music
Blackhaine + Florence Sinclair
Festival Déroutes
Inspired by industrial, drill, and spoken word, Blackhaine’s experimental productions alternate physicality and sentimentality, realism and dreaminess. On stage, his…
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Theatre
Stefan Kaegi / Rimini Protokoll
Ceci n’est pas une ambassade (Made in Taiwan)
For several decades, Taiwan has been living in a fragile status quo. Claimed by China, the island, which has its own government and institutions, dreams of…
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Dance
Mette Ingvartsen
Skatepark
Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms Le Lieu Unique into a skatepark to explore the speed of movement in the company of a group of skateboarders and…
Families
Season 24-25
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Theatre
L’Avantage du doute
After Show
What happens in a theatre when the show is over and the auditorium is empty? Strange creatures haunt the stage and live backstage. Hannah Arendt, Jacques Lacan, Betty,…
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Music
Erwan Keravec
Huit sonneurs pour Philip Glass
The legacy of Philip Glass, one of the founding fathers of minimalism, seems endless and is constantly being reinterpreted. Composer Erwan Keravec adapts four pieces…
Free entry
Dance
Oona Doherty
Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus
A young woman emerges from the boot of a car blaring out sub-bass rumblings with all the trappings of a bad boy. Oona Doherty went to meet young men living in the…
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Free entry
Exhibition
Sur tes lèvres
Two exhibitions based on the collection of the Frac des Pays de la Loire
A powerful conveyor of emotions and of union across centuries and from culture to culture, the meaning of the kiss varies according to the era and context. Through the…
Tickets
Dance
Marion Blondeau
Organicitées
Why do women’s bodies become invisible in our society after the age of 60? Combining theatre, music, and performance, choreographer Marion Blondeau tackles this taboo…
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Theatre
Guillaume Bariou
Who Cares ?
Nouveau Studio Théâtre
Information flows in all directions, sensationalist media, and fake news fuel a climate of anxiety on a daily basis. Faced with the growing impossibility of staying in…
Families
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Music
Blackhaine + Florence Sinclair
Festival Déroutes
Inspired by industrial, drill, and spoken word, Blackhaine’s experimental productions alternate physicality and sentimentality, realism and dreaminess. On stage, his…
soldout
Music
Beak> + Lankum + Astrid Sonne
Festival Déroutes
The Beak trio, formed by Geoff Barrow (member of Portishead), Billy Fuller (Robert Plant’s Sensational Space Shifters), and Will Young, writes timeless music…
soldout
Music
Kokoroko
Kokoroko, an octet from the vibrant London scene, has in just a few years become a pillar of the revitalised jazz and afrobeat scene. With multicultural influences…
soldout
Music
Tindersticks
Since their debut in 1992, Tindersticks have established themselves as one of England’s leading dark rock bands. Ultra-melodic and haunting, their albums have opened…
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Theatre
Stefan Kaegi / Rimini Protokoll
Ceci n’est pas une ambassade (Made in Taiwan)
For several decades, Taiwan has been living in a fragile status quo. Claimed by China, the island, which has its own government and institutions, dreams of…
Last tickets
Theatre
(S)-Vrai
Notre École (tragi-comédie)
La Libre Usine
In these troubled times, when the daily news reports major ecological and geopolitical crises, what can we say to the younger generations to make them still believe in…
Families
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Music
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin
Ghosted
Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, and Oren Ambarchi are cult figures in the world of experimental music, combining sparse instrumentation and unbridled sonic…
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Theatre
Marcus Lindeen & Marianne Ségol
Memory of Mankind
What is collective memory? How do we select and archive the most precious knowledge of our civilisations for future generations? Austrian artist Martin Kunze has…
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Dance
Mette Ingvartsen
Skatepark
Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms Le Lieu Unique into a skatepark to explore the speed of movement in the company of a group of skateboarders and…
Families
Tickets
Theatre
Rémy Berthier & Matthieu Villatelle
Ça disparaît
This show for all ages attempts to solve an age-old enigma: where do the objects and beings that disappear go? Tales of lost socks, dinosaurs, sleight of hand... On…
Families
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Theatre
3615 Dakota & les 3 points de suspension
L’Âge d'or - Épisode 1 : L'Arrière-pays
Théâtre ONYX
Four adults set off to explore the faraway land of childhood. The adventure promises to be perilous, for the past has become foreign to them. They have lost the…
Families
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Theatre
Émilie Monnet
Marguerite : le feu
In 1740, a trial was held in New France. Marguerite Duplessis, a native woman, bought and then sold, was obliged to embark for Martinique. She refused and demanded her…
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Dance
Georges Labbat
Self / Unnamed
Théâtre Francine Vasse
Georges Labbat’s first solo performance, Self / Unnamed , explores notions of control, duality, and identity, as well as the power relations that constantly regiment…
soldout
Dance
Joachim Maudet
Gigi
TU-Nantes
Dalida leaves behind a lasting image of a woman who was both strong and fragile, glamorous and androgynous. Based on the song Gigi l’Amoroso , the dancer Joachim…
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Dance
Catol Texeira + Mercedes Dassy
Clashes Licking + Spongebabe in L.A. (4 love & anxiety)
TU-Nantes
Two solos exploring the body, its gender identity, and its hybridity. Drawing on Nijinsky’s Afternoon of a Faun , Catol Teixeir a revisits this character in …
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Dance
Éric Minh Cuong Castaing
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In this immersive ballet, Éric Minh Cuong Castaing brings together dancers, mobility-impaired children, with whom he has worked for six months, and robots to bring out…
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Dance
Ball Voguing
avec Vinii Revlon
Ball Voguing returns to close the Trajectoires festival. Originating in the Latino and African American LGBTQ+ communities, Ball Voguing takes the form of…
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Theatre
Joris Mathieu & Nicolas Boudier
Cornucopia
Cornucopia is a contemplative fiction of anticipation that questions the reasons for our inertia in the face of the major issues of our time. Continuing his…
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Theatre
Guillaume Bailliart / Romane Nicolas / Marie Nachury
Dernier monde
TU-Nantes
Jaume Roiq Stevens is a white male scientist, cynical and materialistic—the representation of an archaic model. From his international space station, he observes the…
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Music
Rachel Langlais + Mélanie Loisel
Dothe · Borguefül
L’Auditorium – La Soufflerie
Mélanie Loisel and Rachel Langlais embody the ebullience of French experimental music, drawing on traditional repertoires and contemporary gestures to break new sonic…
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Music
Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire
Chaplin
Three short films by Charlie Chaplin make up this film screening with live music ( The Fireman , The Rink , The Adventurer ). Although they were made in 1917, these…
Families
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Theatre
Mathieu Bauer
Palombella Rossa
Mathieu Bauer adapts Nanni Moretti’s cult film Palombella Rossa . Following a car accident, a man suffers from amnesia, before fragments of his past surface during a…
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Dance
Ambra Senatore
Creation 2024 - Solo
With this new creation, choreographer Ambra Senatore returns to solo work, always with the same signature: the desire to bring out everyday gestures, a taste for the…
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Theatre
L’Avantage du doute
After Show
What happens in a theatre when the show is over and the auditorium is empty? Strange creatures haunt the stage and live backstage. Hannah Arendt, Jacques Lacan, Betty,…
Tickets
Dance
Aurélien Dougé
Aux Lointains
Is it possible to dance the imperceptible? In this solo, Aurélien Dougé explores the tension between the visible and the invisible. Shrouded in darkness, the audience…
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Music
Erwan Keravec
Huit sonneurs pour Philip Glass
The legacy of Philip Glass, one of the founding fathers of minimalism, seems endless and is constantly being reinterpreted. Composer Erwan Keravec adapts four pieces…
Tickets
Dance
Madeleine Fournier
Branle
Passionate about folk dance, Madeleine Fournier delivers a surprisingly modern version of Branle . Originating in the Berry region of France, this powerfully vital,…
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Music
Joris Lacoste + Sébastien Roux + HYOID Voices
A-Ronne de Luciano Berio
Conceived in 1974 by Luciano Berio, A-Ronne is a sound documentary, a collage incorporating extracts from texts such as the Bible , The Divine Comedy , Faust and …
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Dance
Oona Doherty
Specky Clark
Oona Doherty’s works have a social dimension. In this piece, the choreographer blends personal memories with Irish mythology, recounting the life of her…
Free entry
Dance
Oona Doherty
Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus
A young woman emerges from the boot of a car blaring out sub-bass rumblings with all the trappings of a bad boy. Oona Doherty went to meet young men living in the…
soldout
Music
Dominique A
Few French singers have weathered fashions, eras, and transformations with the grace and rigour of Dominique A. When he debuted in 1991, he embodied a revival of the…
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Theatre
Le Comité des fêtes
ABRI ou les casanier·es de l’apocalypse
ABRI is a piece of fiction that examines a community so as to question how we live together. Using the imminent end of the world as a pretext, Silvio Palomo…
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