La chaire des poules
Salle des Marchandises
Rue des Marchandises 5,
Nyon
text and performance Danae Dario with Roussette / Luce (alternating performances) assistant and artistic collaboration Chloë Lombard sound design Alexandre Ménéxiadis lighting and video Simona Gallo scenography Mathildo Aubineau costume design Augustin Rolland animal welfare advisor Judith Zagury with support from État de Vaud; Loterie Romande; Fondation Ernst Göhner; Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’écriture et la littérature; Fondation suisse des artistes interprètes SIS; Benjamin Lang co-production Oriental-Vevey co-production and residency far° Nyon
“Welcome to chicken paradise!” With these words, Danae Dario enthusiastically addresses the audience at the very beginning of her performance, inviting them into a world she shares with Luce or Roussette, her magnificent red hens.
La chaire des poules (The Flesh of Hens) tells the story of a woman and a hen, both bruised by the world, who decide to withdraw from it together. Woman or “chick”? Ultimately, what truly distinguishes the two protagonists of this story? Or, on the contrary, what brings them together? It is precisely within these semantic ambiguities that the performer playfully navigates, in a piece filled with humour and sensitivity against a backdrop of sometimes harsh realities.
This performance follows the text written by Danae Dario as part of the 2024 Récits du Futur programme, of which she was the recipient.
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La Chaire des Poules Danae Dario © Julie Folly
text and performance Danae Dario with Roussette / Luce (alternating performances) assistant and artistic collaboration Chloë Lombard sound design Alexandre Ménéxiadis lighting and video Simona Gallo scenography Mathildo Aubineau costume design Augustin Rolland animal welfare advisor Judith Zagury with support from État de Vaud; Loterie Romande; Fondation Ernst Göhner; Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’écriture et la littérature; Fondation suisse des artistes interprètes SIS; Benjamin Lang co-production Oriental-Vevey co-production and residency far° Nyon