valse, valse, valse

Johanna Heusser CH
  • 20h
  • 21h
Informations
  • Duration 1h
  • From age 10
  • Premiere in French-speaking switzerland
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Usine à Gaz
Rue César Soulié 1
Nyon

Wed 13.08: the performance is free with reservation.
Thu 14.08: the performance is Relax.

The Usine à Gaz bar will be open one hour before each performance.

Alongside valse, valse, valse, Johanna Heusser will lead a dance workshop in Cour des Marchandises before the performance on Wed 13.08.

  • Accessible to people with reduced mobility
  • English speaker friendly
Accessibility: Please note that gravel in the courtyard may make access difficult for wheelchairs. Contact the box office in advance (billetterie@far-nyon.ch / +41 78 967 09 19) to be directed to an alternative entrance.

When the waltz arrived in Europe in the 18th century, it caused quite a scandal: face-to-face, arms entwined, spinning bodies – it broke all conventions. Considered overly sensual and uncontrollable, it sparked unease, particularly due to the freedom it implied. But more than its lack of decorum, it was the sheer intensity of the movement that made it so intoxicating. The continuous turning creates a dizzying effect that borders on trance or drunkenness. In valse, valse, valse (Waltz, Waltz, Waltz) Johanna Heusser and a team of four dancers and three musicians revive this raw energy, questioning the waltz’s duality in the present day. Is it a dance of aristocratic refinement or a whirlwind of dizzying ecstasy? How can it be rewritten today to reveal its subversive, liberating power? A performance where bodies launch, spin and surrender to the music – between euphoria and disorientation.

Description in FALC

  • Four dancers are on stage. They are wearing wigs in different colors: blue, orange, purple, and green. Their colorful tops match their wigs. They are also wearing long checkered skirts, reminiscent of what women wore under their dresses in the 18th century.
    Hitzigraphy
  • Four dancers are on the stage. They are wearing wigs of different colors: blue, orange, purple, and green. They are wearing matching colorful tops.

choreography, artistic direction Johanna Heusser dancers Simea Cavelti, Neil Höhener, David Speiser, Momo Tanner, Emeric Rabot musicians Joachim Flüeler, Marie Jeger, Sebastian Lötscher musical direction Xenia Wiener set and lighting design Marc Vilanova dramaturgy Johanna Hilari, Fiona Schreier costumes Diana Ammann outside eyes Katharina Germo, Stephan Stock assistant Arina Frölich technical direction Chiara Leonhardt production management Maxine Devaud / oh la la – performing arts production administration Angie Mennillo / oh la la – performing arts production production give me hope productions, coproductions ROXY Birsfelden, DSCHUNGEL Wien, Johann Strauss 2025, Theater im Pumpenhaus, Bühne Aarau support Theatre Arts Committee BS/BL, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, SSA, Swiss Performers’ Foundation (SIS), Landis & Gyr Foundation, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council and the Cantons. A coproduction within the Reso Swiss Dance Network Programming Fund.

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