Performing arts

Atomic Joy BR/FR

Ana Pi

Joyful disobedienceRegeneration generationUrban grooveSwiss premiere

2 performances

17-18.02

17.02 - 20:00 |

18.02 - 20:00 |

Vernier

Salle du Lignon

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What if joy could be unleashed as a spectacular force of resistance? Inspired by Afro-diasporic dances and their contemporary offshoots, Atomic Joy reveals just how vast this heritage is, and how endlessly it continues to evolve.

Dancing to stop the end of the world – the idea sounds fanciful. And yet, the dancing body, carrying memory and vitality, is a formidable weapon against collapse, and joy an inexhaustible source of uprising. Brought together by choreographer Ana Pi, eight young performers from urban dance backgrounds craft, with exhilaration and fury, a meticulously orchestrated work. What a delight to feel creative energy flowing between the dancers like a living substance. Set to the pulse of Christophe Chassol’s music, every gesture connects the past to the desire for a collective future, in a movement that is both sacred and liberating.

In collaboration with Vernier Culture

A Brazilian choreographer, dancer, teacher and writer based in France, Pi stands out for her hands-on activism, her feminist vigilance and the philosophical grounding that shapes her practice. Her study of traditional movement and its constant evolution infuses her transdisciplinary works with a striking radicality. Since 2020, NA MATA LAB has supported her creations and collaborations. An internationally recognised artist, Ana Pi is backed by several prestigious cultural institutions.

Direction, design, choreography, dramaturgy, costumes, and props

Ana Pi

Performers

Naïs Haidar, Anna Yvray, Manèkè Som, Amin Hasnaoui, Ibrahima "Ibrah" Biteye, Solen Athanassopoulos, Hachim Biiskui, Celia "Babyface" Bonus

Consultant in dance historiography and criticism

Marie Pons

Lighting design and technical direction

Bia Kaysel

Music

Christophe Chassol

Administrative production

2024/2025 : Hanna Mauvieux
2025/2026 : Jenny Suarez

Production and distribution

NA MATA LAB / orga@namatalab.com

With the support of

Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (FR), Pinacoteca de São Paulo (BR), AMANT center for contemporary art (USA), Fonds Haplotès (FR), Caisse des Dépôts (FR), Association Les Bazis (FR), Charleroi danse (BE), CN D Centre National de la Danse (FR), La Briqueterie CDCN Val-de-Marne (FR), DRAC Île-de-France (FR), Jerimum Ideias in sponsorship of the CAIXA in official programmation of the Season France–Brésil / Série Danse, Institut Français

Thanks to

Ana Pi lovingly thanks the wind of New York, the metallic vibrations of New Orleans, the red and black lands of Brazil, Julien Creuzet, Cida Moura and Julio de Oliveira, Taata Kwa Nkisi Mutá Imê, Celina Garcia, Scarlett Chaumien and Émilien Bonnet, Fábio Araújo and Jean Pierre Maugendre, Lonti Ebers and the entire AMANT team, Frédérique Latu, Bernard Le Masson, Charles Aubin, and Marie Hélène Pereira, the ENTIRE TECHNICAL TEAM at the Centre National de la Danse, and the comrades of the heart and work who shared words of peace and courage throughout the whirlwind of our times and others.

Duration: 50min

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