Mathilde Carmen Chan Invernon BELL END

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Repetition, accumulation and humour transform discomfort into a tool for critical observation.

In BELL END, Mathilde Carmen Chan Invernon stages an ironic and unflinching dissection of the codes of dominant masculinity. Through body, voice and sound, the performers observe, imitate and distort gestures, words and attitudes that belong to the imaginary of the connard — a figure as recognisable as it is everyday.
Awkward postures, deliberately shapeless costumes and a sound score built from words, interjections and ventriloquy techniques give life to bodies that are at once comic and unsettling, invading the space until its power dynamics become visible. A physical and sonic performance that uses laughter to destabilise what often goes unnoticed.

Bio

Mathilde Carmen Chan Invernon is a Franco-Spanish actress, dancer and choreographer, trained at La Manufacture in Lausanne. She works at the intersection of theatre, dance and performance. As a performer she collaborates with artists such as La Ribot, Kuro Tanino, Trajal Harrell and Pascal Rambert. Her work explores tensions between voice and body, visibility and dynamics of domination through repetition and endurance. In 2023 she founded Compagnie Carmen Chan and created her first work, BELL END, currently on international tour.

Credits

Concept, direction: Mathilde Carmen Chan Invernon  

Performance: Arianna Camilli and Mathilde Carmen Chan Invernon  

Stage Management: Marie Prédour, Hugo Cahn, Laurie Gerber et/ou Loïc Durel 

Lighting design: Justine Bouillet and Loïc Waridel  

Set design: Andrea Baglione  

Costumes: Andrea Baglione and Mathilde Invernon  

Sound design: Aho Ssan et Loïc Waridel  

Vocal coach: François Renou  

Artistic collaboration: Maud Blandel  

Outside eyes: Anna-Marija Adomaityte, Piera Bellato  

Costume making: Charlotte Lépine  

Set design assistance Antonie Oberson, Gaëlle Chérix  

Production:   

Cie Carmen Chan, Christine Maupetit  

Coproduction: Emergentia – stepping stone for emerging choreographic creation produced by L’Abri, le TU et le Pavillon ADC Genève, La Bâtie Festival  

Support: La loterie Romande, Fondation Engelberts, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Corodis, Canton de Genève, ProHelvetia 

  • Duration 45'
  • Doors opening at 15 minutes before the start of the performance
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