With her work, Lausanne-based choreographer Géraldine Chollet creates powerful dance experiences that captivate audiences.

In La Tendresse du ventre de la baleine (The Tenderness of the Whale's Belly), we sit on stage while eight dancers move around and between us. Together with guitarist and singer Billie Bird and supported by DJ MÂNAA's driving set, they tell stories of security and togetherness, of closeness and confrontation.

Inspired by the biblical story of Jonah, the result is an evening full of dance, music, and encounters, in which prejudices and entrenched ideas are charmingly outwitted.

The story of Jonah's journey into the belly of a whale is handed down in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Swallowed by the sea at night, Jonah experiences three days of learning and intense transformation. Spit out again on the shore, he finds himself again and begins his confrontation with the community.
 

The audience sits on cushions in the middle of the room. A few chairs are available.  

Duration: approx. 60 min.
 

6.3.: Afteratalk after the performance
7.3.: Physical Introduction at 19:00