Présage by Élie Autin / Cie Les Bacchantes creates a contemporary myth in which racism, discrimination and fetishization of certain bodies are illuminated. The source of inspiration is provided by the mythological figures of the bacchantes (female followers of Bacchus, the god of wine and inebriation) and the furies (goddesses of the underworld). Referring to these mythological figures, stories and images, Élie Autin demonstrates how parts of the western world perceive her. Sacrificial rituals of the bacchantes in which their victims are torn apart are performed with relish and humour. In doing so, Présage unfolds as a fairy-tale for adults, showing the path of a fallen chimera and the brutality and wounds caused by (everyday) racism which Élie experiences in the West (as do many other non-White persons). On stage, she creates a visionary place, a precursor of a new world – yet to come – in which we can (or could) all live together peacefully.
Présage by Élie Autin / Cie Les Bacchantes creates a contemporary myth in which racism, discrimination and fetishization of certain bodies are illuminated. The source of inspiration is provided by the mythological figures of the bacchantes (female followers of Bacchus, the god of wine and inebriation) and the furies (goddesses of the underworld). Referring to these mythological figures, stories and images, Élie Autin demonstrates how parts of the western world perceive her. Sacrificial rituals of the bacchantes in which their victims are torn apart are performed with relish and humour. In doing so, Présage unfolds as a fairy-tale for adults, showing the path of a fallen chimera and the brutality and wounds caused by (everyday) racism which Élie experiences in the West (as do many other non-White persons). On stage, she creates a visionary place, a precursor of a new world – yet to come – in which we can (or could) all live together peacefully.
| Choreography & dance | Élie Autin |
| Dramaturgy | Clara Delorme |
| Assistant | Collin Cabanis/Dylan Huido |
| Musical creation | Aisha Devi |
| Lightning design, technical direction | Sel Dir Melaizi |
| Costumes | Planeta |
| Props | Kim Coussé |
| Scenography | Caroline Schattling Villeval based on a work by Shehrazad Dermé |
| Production | Association Les Bacchantes |
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| Coproduktion | Arsenic - Centre d'art scénique contemporain Lausanne, Association Ars Longa Genf |
| Executive production | Association Ars Longa |
| Support | Leenaards-Stiftung, Stadt Lausanne |
