Nos corps désirants

How can we make desire desirable again? How do we dare today to take the risk of the other? To investigate and tackle the subject head-on, the Compagnie Babel started from the field of our collective representations, whether pictorial or musical, scholarly or popular, to attempt to draw up a shade guide of desire in an era of generalised suspicion. From the abduction of Proserpina to that of Psyche, from the birth of Spring in the painter's eye to evocations closer to surrealism, on stage, a whole dazzling gallery for the eyes that also harbours our most secret monsters. It is a bit like listening to a pop song without paying much attention to the lyrics, until the day you pause on the words. All this unthought that lies behind our shared culture is dizzying. Here are 6 performers who are not afraid to dig into the murky areas of desire to try to reconfigure our mental software. Sorting through everyone's heritage, this great attic of memories. What should be kept, or on the contrary permanently packed away in the cupboard? What new relationships can we invent to dare to rediscover the joy of being together, stripped of all mistrust?

Audio-described performance: Friday 6 November - tactile tour beforehand (limited number of headsets, reservation at rp@la-tempete.fr)

design and direction: Elise Chatauret

design and dramaturgy: Thomas Pondevie

a show by Cie Babel