Inspired by choral forms drawn from folklore, ballet and ancient comedy, choreographer Rafaële Giovanola revisits the choir as a collective architecture, imagining a unison permeated by listening, carried by song and the uniqueness of each voice.
Choreia takes its name from ancient Greek, where the word refers precisely to this joint practice of movement, voice and speech, a collective form that does not replace individuality. Between balance and disorder, choreographer Rafaële Giovanola imagines a way of creating community on stage where singing becomes a link between voices, bodies and movement. In this creation, the choir becomes a sound space, a place where breath, gestures and presences circulate, a polyphonic horde where each individual contributes to a common force without ever fading into the background. In a context where forms of connection need to be reinvented, the choir here becomes a powerful space for transformation, listening and shared resonances.
With Choreia, the CocoonDance Company offers a performance in which eight dancers reconnect with the roots of theatre, bringing to life the very essence of the chorus in Greek comedy, made up of dance, song and action, abolishing the conventional boundary between dance and voice, choral singing and stage action, redefining the interaction between artists and audience.
Friday, 24 April 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets Price C
Category A Category B
Full Price 35.- 25.-
AVS/Unemployment 25.- 20.-
Young & Students (<26 ans) 20.- 13.-
Carte 20ans/20francs 15.- 9.-
AI/Reduced Mobility 20.-
1 hour, no intermission
By and with Cristina Commisso, Margaux Dorsaz, Alvaro Esteban Lopez, Jenna Hendry, Léonce Noah Konan, Nora Monsecour, Evandro Pedroni, Louis Thuriot alternating with Colas Lucot and Bojana Mitrović
Rafaële Giovanola, choreography and direction
Franco Mento, composition and live electronics
Jan Wiesbrock and Annegret Schalke, lighting, space
Fa-Hsuan Chen, costumes
Karine Barman, Justin F. Kennedy, Leah Marojević, vocal coaching
Rainald Endraß, dramaturgy
Produced by Compagnie CocoonDance, winner of the La Cité Bleue and Pavillon Noir call for projects.
Co-produced with Théâtre du Crochetan Monthey (Switzerland), Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, Theater im Ballsaal Bonn, Tanzfaktur Köln, Pumpenhaus Münster, Le Phare – Centre chorégraphique national du Havre et de Normandie (France), Charleroi Danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles (Belgium), Pavillon Noir Aix-en-Provence (France), Cité Bleue Genève (Switzerland)
Collaboration with Malévoz Quartier Culturel Monthey (CH), Ringlokschuppen Mülheim, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bonn
Supported by Kunststiftung NRW, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Koproduktionsförderung Tanz, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Bundesstadt Bonn, Théâtre-ProVS, Le Conseil de la Culture Etat du Valais, La Loterie Romande
Ages 8 and up
PRACTICAL CHORAL INTRODUCTION
Friday 24 April 2026 at 6.30pm
CocoonDance invites the public to a practical choral introduction with choreographer Rafaële Giovanola.
MEETING
Friday 24 April 2026 at 8.30pm
Stage talk with choreographer Rafaële Giovanola.