How and from whose perspective is history transmitted? How do we talk about colonial history today?
Choreographer Betty Tchomanga takes up the political dimension of theater as a place for transmitting knowledge by setting affects in motion. Unfolding as a kind of history lesson, Decolonial (Hi)stories #Parallel Portraits, brings together four episodes—portraits—through which we discover a colonial history shared by several continents. From France to Benin, Algeria, and Ethiopia, this journey through time and space becomes realized in the stories, dances, bodies, voices, and singular histories of the four performers: Emma Tricard, Folly Romain Azaman, Dalila Khatir and Adélaïde Desseauve aka Mulunesh. Commonalities and differences resonate between their stories, between our stories; unexpected echoes might strike us, unraveling diverse paths for connecting with each other.
Decolonial (Hi)stories #Parallel Portraits brings together the first four episodes of the Decolonial (Hi)stories series.
The performance is part of Moving in November 5.–15.11.2026. As part of the festival, there will be an open Soup Talksdiscussion with Tchomanga and local host on the 11th of November at noon in Caisa.
Language: English and French with English subtitles
Please note: This performance contains flashing lights
Artistic collaboration and performance: Emma Tricard, Folly Romain Azaman, Dalila Khatir, Adélaïde Desseauve aka Mulunesh
Lighting design: Eduardo Abdala
Sound design: Stéphane Monteiro
Set design and props: Eduardo Abdala and Betty Tchomanga in collaboration with Vincent Blouch
Construction: Emilie Godreuil
Costumes: Marino Marchand in collaboration with Betty Tchomanga; Théodore Agbotonou (costume of Folly), and Mariette Niquet-Rioux (mask of Mulunesh)
Stage management: Stéphane Monteiro
Lighting manager (alternating): Eduardo Abdala and Tatiana Carret
Sound engineer (alternating): Stéphane Monteiro and Maëlan Carquet
Trainee assistant director: Ariane Chapelet
Executive director: Marion Cachan
Production manager: Florentine Busson
Administrator: Marion Le Guerroué
Acknowledgements: Bureau Aoza, Maxine Le Tyrant, Anouk Le Cann, Rosalie Olivier and the technical team of Quartz – scène nationale de Brest
Production: GANG
Co-production: Le Quartz Scène nationale Brest, Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Le Gymnase CDCN – Roubaix, Le Triangle cité de la danse – Rennes, Danse à tous les étages CDCN itinérant en Bretagne, La Maison danse CDCN Uzès Gard Occitanie, CCAM scène nationale de Vandoeuvre, Théâtre de la Bastille – Paris
With the support of: Le Mac Orlan – Brest, CAC Passerelle – Brest, Collège Saint-Pol-Roux – Brest, CN D – Centre national de la danse, European program Choreography Connects
With the financial support of: Ministry of Culture – DRAC Bretagne, Brittany region and the City of Brest
Photo: Grégoire Perrier
Visit supported by: Institut français / PIDA, R.O.M, Spectacle Vivant en Bretagne, Adami, Islantilais-suomalainen kulttuurirahasto
Visit in collaboration with: Stoa
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