How does one become a man? Or, more precisely: how does one become a man without being confined by models of virility, domination, and performance that continue to shape our collective imagination? With “La Tendresse,” Julie Berès creates a space for performance and dialogue where young men recount, confront, and challenge the expectations of masculinity.
Drawing on personal accounts, intimate experiences, and performative, choreographic stage writing, the show blends direct addresses, storytelling, dance, and collective energy to give voice to lives marked by the contradictions of our time. Family, sexuality, heritage, violence, desire, vulnerability: these sensitive areas are explored without didacticism, but with intensity, humor, and candor. On stage, bodies speak as powerfully as words. The group becomes a chorus, a confrontation, a source of support, and a space for self-exposure. Through this movement, La Tendresse does not seek to define “the man of today,” but to open up new possibilities: other ways of inhabiting one’s place, loving, connecting with others, and escaping the archetypes that may have shaped our collective imagination. Rejecting caricature, Julie Berès crafts a vibrant, political, and deeply moving play that questions not so much a fixed identity as the possibility of transformation. It is a way of shifting the boundaries of patriarchy and turning the stage into a place of questioning and reinvention—one that gives us grounds for hope. Cast and creative team Concept and direction Julie Berès Writing and dramaturgy Kevin Keiss, Julie Berès, Lisa Guez, in collaboration with Alice Zeniter Featuring: Role originated by Bboy Junior (Junior Bosila), Natan Bouzy, Charmine Fariborzi, Alexandre Liberati, Tigran Mekhitarian, Djamil Mohamed, Romain Scheiner, Mohamed Seddiki Alternating with Marin Delavaud (member of the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin), Léopold Faurisson, Bel Abbes Fezazi, Saïd Ghanem, Guillaume Jacquemont, Sacha Négrevergne, Mathis Roche Artistic advisors Alice Gozlan and Julie Pilod Choreography Jessica Noita Lighting design Kélig Le Bars, assisted by Mathilde Domarle Sound design and music Colombine Jacquemont Assistant composer Martin Leterme Set design Goury Costume design Caroline Tavernier and Marjolaine Mansot General stage management Quentin Maudet Touring stage management Alexis Poillot Sound operation Antoine Frech, alternating with Colombine Jacquemont and Baptiste Pilon Lighting operation Henri Coueignoux, alternating with Patrice Le Cadre Stage management for the original production Dylan Plainchamp Touring stage management Amina Rezig, Matthieu Maury, Loïc Beaudron Photo credit Axelle de Russé
Price: €8 to €25
Source: paris.fr — photo: Axelle de Russé