Theater - Kermesse - Théâtre L'Escale

"The caterpillar is a dance where people who don't know each other, take each other by the shoulders, look in the same direction and become a people." The Cabal

Doing the caterpillar together on the evening of a performance: it's a simple project. And yet, this seemingly harmless festive ritual is a source of powerful reactions: rejection, pleasure, euphoria. For some, it even touches on tradition. Using the caterpillar as a starting point, La Cabale questions our relationship with ridicule and shame, and turns this dance into a political, sociological and ecological subject. Kermesse could be a social experiment.
Would we be capable of initiating national reconciliation through dance? What if, to save the world, we had to start by saving ourselves?

Jury and audience prize at Théâtre 13 Avignon 2023!