Carried away in a hypnotic whirling from which light seems to emanate, a being is transfigured as it sheds its multiple skins, discovering over the course of metamorphoses its stigmata and its power. Close to the trance of the spinning dervishes, this solo is an attempt to return to the core after shedding the armor, to authenticity after having dropped the masks. Figure the letting go and taste the rediscovery of oneself.

At the crossroads of illusion and choreographic and visual performance, exUTERO is a mise en abîme on self-representation, between demonstration and unveiling, carried by an image work that plays at disturbing perception.

Inspired by a composition by Yair Elazar Glotman, exUTERO will form a dyptic with the short form Carcan, digging the motif of the tour and calling the trans.

In the title exUTERO, there are notions of exteriority and interiority, of the relationship between the world and oneself, and by extension the question of the impact of events on the construction of our identity. (In utero refers to what affects the embryo and foetus).

There is also the outlet to free oneself from the confinement of multiple layers of protection that experiences sometimes force us to wear. And then surely exult, to let go to the infinite whirl, to reinvent once lightened of the deposited weights, to surprise oneself by the magic of salutary transformation.

Artistic direction, Choreography and Performance Shantala Pèpe
Musical Composition Yair Elazar Glotman
Costumes Patricia Eggerickx, Rebecca Flores Martinez, Stéphane Jossart
Body make up and special effects Rebecca Flores Martinez
Lighting Hugues Girard
Dramaturgical overlook Sara Lemaire et Guillaume Toussaint Fromentin

Production MANA Compagnie
Coproduction Les Brigittines - Playhouse for Movement
Supports Le Delta, Centre culturel d'Engis, Le Marni, Les Tanneurs, Zahrada-Centre culturel GARDEN, Danse avec les foules

Photo©Stéphane Jossart

20 - 22 March 2025 Les Brigittines - Playhouse for Movement
as part of the event Puissances seules

September / October 2025 Zahrada-Centre culturel GARDEN

October 2025 Danse Avec les Foules 13

Décember 2025 / January 2026 Centre culturel d'Engis