#Parallel Portraits

©Photo credit : Grégoire Perrier

AgendaCalendar

2026

Février##February

02-11Theatre of the BastillePARISFrance

14TLATREMBLAY-EN-FRANCEFrance

Janvier##January

20CCAM of Vandoeuvre-les-NancyVANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCYFrance

21CCAM of Vandoeuvre-les-NancyVANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCYFrance

23Pôle Sud, CDCN of StrasbourgSTRASBOURGFrance

2025

Décembre##December

02L'Avant-ScèneCOGNACFrance

Novembre##November

28Germinal EspaceFOSSESFrance

Octobre##October

17T2G, Theatre of GennevilliersGENNEVILLIERSFrance

Mars##March

25-26Maison du théâtre d'AmiensAMIENSFrance

Janvier##January

17-19Pavillon ADCGENEVESuisse

22-23Waterproof Festival, Le Garage with Danse à tous les étages CDCNRENNESFrance

29.01-01.02Théâtre de la BastillePARISFrance

2024

Novembre##November

15Le QuartzBRESTFrance

16Le QuartzBRESTFrance

28Forever Young Festival, Le Gymnase CDCNROUBAIXFrance

29Forever Young Festival, Le Gymnase CDCNROUBAIXFrance

Mars##March

14&16Dansfabrik Festival, Le QuartzBRESTFrance

In bringing together the first four episodes of the Decolonial (Hi)stories series, Betty Tchomanga takes up the political dimension of theater as a place for transmitting knowledge by setting affects in motion.

Four history lessons in which we discover a colonial history shared by several continents. From France to Benin, via Algeria to Ethiopia, this journey through time and space is made through the stories, bodies, voices and singular histories of Emma Tricard, Folly Romain Azaman, Dalila Khatir and Adélaïde Desseauve aka Mulunesh.

How is history transmitted? From what points of view? How do we talk about colonial history today? Between their stories, between our stories, commonalities or differences resonate, unexpected echoes strike us, creating other ways of connecting each other.

MédiasVideos and podcasts

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

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

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

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

DistributionCreative team

Directed, choreographed and written byBetty Tchomanga

Artistic collaboration and performanceEmma Tricard, Folly Romain Azaman, Dalila Khatir, Adélaïde Desseauve aka Mulunesh

Lighting designEduardo Abdala

Sound designStéphane Monteiro

Set design and propsEduardo Abdala and Betty Tchomanga in collaboration with Vincent Blouch

ConstructionEmilie Godreuil

CostumesMarino Marchand in collaboration with Betty Tchomanga as well as Théodore Agbotonou (Folly costume) and Mariette Niquet-Rioux (Mulunesh mask)

Stage managementStéphane Monteiro

Lighting manager (alternating)Eduardo Abdala and Tatiana Carret

Sound engineer (alternating)Stéphane Monteiro and Yann Penaud

Trainee assistant directorAriane Chapelet

Production and Distribution DirectorMarion Cachan

Production ManagerFlorentine Busson

AdministratorMarion Le Guerroué

AcknowledgementsBureau Aoza, Maxine Le Tyrant, Anouk Le Cann, Rosalie Olivier and the technical team at Le Quartz - scène nationale de Brest

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
European program Choreography Connects

With the financial support

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