#Folly

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2026

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12-13Theatre of PocheHEDE-BAZOUGESFrance

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09-10The Channel National stage in Calais (scolaires)CALAISFrance

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12TLATREMBLAY-EN-FRANCEFrance

2025

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14An Dour Meur cultural season, Plestin-les-GrèvesPLESTIN-LES-GREVESFrance

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22La Manufacture d'Idées FestivalHURIGNYFrance

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11Regarde sous tes fenêtres FestivalCHÂTEAU-ARNOUX-SAINT-AUBANFrance

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21Galilée High SchoolGENNEVILLIERSFrance

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06La Place de la danse, CDCNTOULOUSEFrance

21-22Artdanthé FestivalVANVESFrance

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

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04CN DPANTINFrance

10-13Festival POUCE ! La Manufacture CDCNBORDEAUXFrance

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16-17Pavillon ADCGENEVESuisse

2024

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27-29CAP Danse FestivalCONCARNEAUFrance

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18Splatch Festival, La PasserelleSAINT-BRIEUCFrance

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15Dansfabrik Festival, Le QuartzBRESTFrance

25-29L'Echangeur CDCNHAUTS-DE-FRANCEFrance

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12-16Les Quinconces-l'EspalLE MANSFrance

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29-30La Maison Danse CDCN d'UzèsUZESFrance

2023

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06-07Flash Festival, Chorège CDCNFALAISEFrance

11-15Points communsCERGY-PONTOISEFrance

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23-24Playground Festival, RCI, PREMIERESBAGNOLETFrance

27.11-01.12Festival Forever Young, Le Gymnase CDCNROUBAIXFrance

"Folly Romain Azaman is a percussionist, singer, and dancer who grew up in the cultural and spiritual tradition of Beninese voodoo. We first met each other in 2021 in Cotonou, Benin. We shared dances, songs, and stories related both to the history of the kingdom of Dahomey (southern Benin) and to voodoo religion. What is voodoo? What worldviews are carried by the beliefs and practices associated with it? What stories can we awaken through rhythm?"

Betty Tchomanga

Decolonial (Hi)stories #Folly draws on the oral tradition of storytelling based on parables. The choreography of this portrait is based on traditional rhythms and dances from Benin, Togo, and Ghana. Using his voice and the tapping of his feet as his only instruments, Folly brings the dances that inhabit him to life.

MédiasVideos and podcasts

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

DistributionCreative team

Created byBetty Tchomanga

Artistic collaborator and performerFolly Romain Azaman

Sound directorStéphane Monteiro

Sound engineersClément Crubilé and Yann Penaud (alternating)

CostumesThéodore Agbotonou

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