Body Territory

Directed by: Marion Coulon and Pépita Car

Cast: Marion Coulomb (aerial rope, knife throwing, vocals and electric guitar), Pépita Car (actress and accordion), Minouche Briot (computer-assisted music composer, in movement)

Dramaturge: Romane Nicolas

For all audiences. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Duration: 1h05

Between aerial rope, knife throwing, electric guitar, and a heartbreaking narrative, this is a show unlike any other, performed by three musician-actress-circus artists, attempting to solve the enigma of a better world. Mary and Grâce are childhood friends. Grâce is a victim of repeated violence by a boy they both know. Mary knows but says nothing. Twenty years later, when one sets out for revenge, the other decides to accompany her on this epic journey, out of love or guilt. A poignant work full of derision, because laughter is already winning a battle. “By transforming the western into a feminist exploration ground, the Betterland company offers a creation where the body becomes a symbolic territory. That of memory, resistance, and reconstruction.” Culture 31