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Following an explosive concert last year, Baby Volcano is returning to the Kaserne this time with an interdisciplinary performance that blends elements of a punk musical, ecstatic dance animation, and an immersive video installation. In search of a temporary imaginary refuge, the artist fuses the kinetic energy of trance and reggaeton with combative lyrics and videos by Augustin Rebetez, who helped design the art-haunted house “Scream Machines” in Basel last year. An evening that breaks down genre boundaries with irresistible euphoria and makes our hearts beat faster as one.
“Baby Volcano isn’t just about noise and eruption, even though that makes up a large part of the set. In a dramatic arc, Stadelmann guides her audience through ecstasy to moments of calm that feel almost ritualistic.” (Republik)
Sensory Note: Stroboscopic lights, loud music
Duration: approx. 75 min.
Credits
Artistic direction, Choreography. Performance, Original music, Costumes, Texts: Baby Volcano
Technical direction: Vincent Scalbert
General direction: Jad Makki
Lighting: Justine Bouillet and Laurie Gerber alternately
Sound: Charlie Bernath
Original music: Gaspar Narby and Baby Volcano
Outside eye and direction assistance: Loris Vettese
Video and texts: Augustin Rebetez
Set design: Elsa Belenguier
Choreography: Isam Abad Montalvo
Choreography, Choreography Assistance, Costume Assistance: Isam Abad Montalvo
Production, administration, diffusion: Emilien Rossier
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Coproduction: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Pavillon ADC Genève, Théâtre du Jura Delémont, Dampfzentrale Bern, Les Halles de Schaerbeek Bruxelles, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture in cooperation with City of Women, Ljubljana
With the support of: Canton du Jura, Ville de Delémont, Pro Helvetia, Loterie Romande, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Fondation Engelberts, Les SUBS, A vibrant hub for artistic experiences Lyon
Created as part of the (ac)compagnons programme at the Pavillon ADC, supported by the Leenaards Foundation
A co-production supported by the Reso Programming Fund–Swiss Dance Network. Supported by Pro Helvetia and the cantons
Rehearsals and creation: With the production, technical, communications, outreach and administration teams at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Biography
Baby Volcano is a Swiss-Guatemalan artist. Blending performance and music, she operates within an organic world where nature, the human body, and contemporary issues occupy an important place. In recent years, Baby Volcano has set ablaze arious stages across Europe and beyond. From the Eurockéennes in Belfort to the Dour Festival, from the Transmusicales to Eurosonic, via Roskilde in Denmark, Bad Bonn Kilbi, Paléo Festival, Jazz . Montr.al and even the Zócalo in Mexico City, each of her concerts is an explosion of fire and tears. Having living and studied for several years in Buenos Aires in Argentina, she returned to Switzerland where she presented Bolero de Bienvenida at the Quarts d’Heure at the Th..tre S.velin 36, a platform for emerging choreographers, in November 2021. In March 2022, she created Jardin Jerricane, a co-production of the Théâtre du Jura and Format 26 in Biel.
Baby Volcano was an associate artist at L’Abri Genève for the 21/22 season and a partner artist at Théâtre Sévelin 36 in Lausanne for the 22/23 season. In April 2025, she released SUPERVIVENXIA, a second EP for which she wrote, composed, and produced the music. In 2026, she presents her performance Si me ves ir con todo, es porque a la noche lloro in Vidy-Lausanne.
