ANIMA

ANIMA explores self-confidence through masculine and feminine, gender, binarity and the freedom to seize codes and symbols with risk and brilliance to usher in a new era. It’s about shedding light on identity and the sometimes confusing and complex journey of an adolescent discovering his or her uniqueness. The disagreement that can exist between his body, his desires, his image and his deepest feelings. The younger generation is questioning the notion of gender and the non-binary nature of men and women, and ANIMA brings these bodies into question on stage, between manga aesthetics, non-genre figures and live music. We’re living through a veritable revolution, in which everyone is becoming increasingly free to take charge of their own gender identity and break free from feminine or masculine codes.
It’s also a way of questioning the social injunctions associated with each gender and asking us about the different possibilities for liberation.

Concept and choreography: Christian UBL in collaboration with the performers | Performers: Martin Mauriès, May-Li Renard, Mathieu Jedrazak | Music and mask making : Fabrice Cattalano | Singing : Mathieu Jedrazak | Scenography : Claudine Bertomeu | Dramaturgy and narration : Mathieu Jedrazak | Costume design : Pierre Canitrot | Lighting design : Jean-Bastien Nehr | Administration , Production & Development : Fabien Le Priol et Thomas Godlewski pour CUBe | Production : CUBe association | Coproduction : network TRIBU (Théâtre de l’Olivier, Théâtre de Grasse, Théâtre en Dracénies, Théâtre Durance, Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Théâtre Massalia, Le Pôle), la Maison de la Danse and the city of Istres as an associate artist of the Pôle d’Expérimentation Chorégraphique, La Commanderie de St Quentin-en-Yvelines, Châteauvallon-Liberté nationale scene, KLAP Maison pour la danse | Residences : TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois, , Klap maison pour la danse à Marseille, Châteauvallon-liberté scène nationale, Micadanses, La Pratique à Vatan, La ville des Clayes-sous-Bois. | Supports : DRAC PACA agreement 2020-2022, Ville de Marseille, Région Sud PACA, Département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Austrian Forum in Paris