Summoningachorusofvilaines

From the hyper-performativity of classical ballet to the reinvention of forms and presences, Marion Zurbach traces a physical, aesthetic, and political metamorphosis. Drawing on her embodied experience, she questions dominant dance narratives and aligns herself with anti-heroic figures and the forgotten archetypes of romantic ballet.

Extending the perspective to non-human worlds, she explores the transformative power of so-called “invasive” or “nuisible” species. Inspired by these marginalized beings, she seeks a poetics of impure, fantastical figures. Between reality and fiction, the performance evokes creatures in suspension, alert, unfinished, on the verge of becoming. Transformation is embraced as a continuous, subversive process, carried by the shifting flux of identities.

TEAM
Concept and performance Marion Zurbach
Sound creation Zooey Agro
Costume creation Silvia Romanelli

Light design Nils Doucet
Dramaturgy Arthur Eskenazi
Oeil extérieur Johanna Hilari
Producer Maxine Devaud
Administration Raphaël Soleilhavoup
Pictures Simon Courchel

COPRODUCTION
Ballet National de Marseille & Dampfzentrale Bern

SHOWS
Festival Parallèle, Centre Culturel Suisse & KLAP maison pour la danse Marseille 08.02.2025
Dampfzentrale Bern 03-05.04.2025
Far° fabrique et festival des arts vivants Nyon 07/08.08.2025
Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers 20.02.2026

PARTNERS
CN D Centre National de la Danse Pantin, Tanzhaus Zürich, SOMA Marseille, KLAP maison pour la danse Marseille, Festival Parallèle

With the support of Kultur Stadt Bern, SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern, Pro Helvetia, Burgergemeinde Bern, Migros Engagement