#Emma

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AgendaCalendar

2026

Mars##March

12-13Théâtre of PocheHEDE-BAZOUGESFrance

30-31Theatre of Champ au RoyGUINGAMPFrance

Février##February

13TLATREMBLAY-EN-FRANCEFrance

Janvier##January

07-09Pôle Sud, CDCN of StrasbourgSTRASBOURGFrance

2025

Mai##May

14T2G, Saad Abssi cultural and social spaceGENNEVILLIERSFrance

Mars##March

19-21Leff Dance Festival - Le Petit Echo de la ModeCHATELAUDREN-PLOUAGATFrance

24&27Maison du Théâtre d'Amiens, Kidanse FestivalAMIENSFrance

29La Grange UNILLAUSANNNESuisse

Février##February

10&13POUCE Festival ! La Manufacture CDCNBORDEAUXFrance

14La SorbonnePARISFrance

Janvier##January

20G Brassens CollegeLe RheuFrance

2024

Décembre##December

04-05Théâtre de la Bastille in situPARIS 11eFrance

06T2G Théâtre de GennevilliersGENNEVILLIERSFrance

Octobre##October

10Le Mac Orlan, Contre-temps FestivalBRESTFrance

Mars##March

12Dansfabrik Festival, Le QuartzBRESTFrance

25-29L'Echangeur, CDCNHAUTS-DE-FRANCEFrance

Février##February

12-16Les Quiconces-l'EspalLE MANSFrance

Janvier##January

15-17Points communsCERGY-PONTOISEFrance

2023

Décembre##December

05Flash Festival, Chorège CDCNFALAISEFrance

Octobre##October

20Le Petit Echo de la ModeCHÂTELAUDRENFrance

Septembre##September

21-23CAP Danse Festival, PREMIERESCONCARNEAUFrance

"Emma Tricard is my "white sister-cousin". I’ve known her since I was a child. We grew up together in France, initially unconcerned about the difference in our skin color. During our trips to Cameroon and Benin, we had experiences of alterity and strangeness that raised many questions: What does it mean to be white in our current post-colonial context? What is meant by decolonial thinking? How is History told? What do we inherit? How are we to respond to the violence of the past?"

Betty Tchomanga

Decolonial (Hi)stories #Emma focuses on early modernity and the period of the transatlantic slave trade (1492-1849). The choreographic material developed in this solo is based on a form of the grotesque that is close to pantomime, in which the figure of the mad master appears. Using rhythm and the expressiveness of the body and face, this solo holds a distorting mirror to the story of a past colonial and slave system, questioning the power relations that result from it. The audience is invited to step into this history with frenzied energy, and be moved to tears and laughter.

MédiasVideos and podcasts

Podcast "What you see" by Charlotte Imbault, Decolonial (Hi)stories #Emma

DistributionCreative team

Created byBetty Tchomanga

Artistic collaborator and performerEmma Tricard

Sound directorStéphane Monteiro

Sound engineersClément Crubilé and Yann Penaud (alternating)

CostumesMarino Marchand in collaboration with Betty Tchomanga

Set design and propsBetty Tchomanga in collaboration with Vincent Blouch

ProductionMarion Cachan & Florentine Busson

AdministrationMarion Le Guerroué

AcknowledgementsBureau Aoza, Maxine Le Tyrant, Anouk Le Cann, Rosalie Olivier, Roxane Torche et Evgenya Parina

MentionsPartners

Production GANG

Coproduction

Le Quartz national scene of Brest
Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis
Le Gymnase Roubaix CDCN
Le Triangle in Rennes
Danse à tous les étages CDCN in Brittany
La Maison danse CDCN of Uzès Gard Occitanie
CCAM national scene of Vandoeuvre
Le Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris

With the support of

Le Mac Orlan, City of Brest
CAC Passerelle in Brest
Collège Saint-Pol-Roux in Brest
CN D in Pantin
Europen program Choreography Connects

With the financial support

DRAC Bretagne (company under agreement with the Ministry of Culture)
Région Brittany
City of Brest