On 15, 16, 17 and 18 April, in the Sala Negra auditorium at Teatros del Canal, French choreographer Mounia Nassangar will be débuting her new urban dance show (whacking). The performance reflects on the boundaries of language and bodily expressiveness.
This is Nassangar's choreographic début, and the work stems from a personal experience, evolving as a gesture of artistic honesty, where movement takes over when speech fails.
Far from a literal exposition on mental health, the production proposes a physical and emotional exploration of the internal states that life goes through. Nassangar begins with the idea that experiences, whether light-hearted or painful, leave marks on the body and end up shaping our identity. Fatigue, exhaustion and difficulty moving forward do not appear as a fatality, but as complex realities that demand to be recognised and accepted so that they can be transformed.
The choreography emerges precisely from that turning point: accepting one's own exhaustion without judgement and deciding to act accordingly. On stage, dance becomes an alternative language, capable of channelling tensions, contradictions and emotions that coexist, even if they cannot always be named.
Nassangar has created an intimate and powerful piece that connects the personal with the universal and claims dance as a space for listening and translating the invisible, where movement not only accompanies speech, but replaces it when speech is not possible.
Artistic credits:
Venue: Teatros del Canal - Sala Negra
- Choreography - Mounia Nassangar
- Performers - Suzanne Degennaro, Serena Freira, Oumrata Konan, Nicole Kufeld and Carla Parcianello
- Choreography assistant and role-taker - Sofia Staníc
- Beatmaker - Maclarnaque
- Set and lighting design - Xavier Lescat
- Costume and styling - Lydie Tarragon and Mounia Nassangar
- Sound Design - Lucie Béguin
- Creation - Cie Nassangar
- Co-production- collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne
Duration: around 45 minutes
