Since 2004, Jeanne Simone has been exploring a dramaturgy of bodies in relation to our everyday spaces. Filling public spaces with intimacy and working to bridge the gap between physical performance and everyday bodies, the company seeks to uncover the poetic potential and flaws of the present moment.

With Animal Travail, you are invited to observe individuals (five dancers and a sound artist) meeting and disrupting one other. Listening to them, we understand how much the word “work” defines and shapes us all. By blending Antoine Mouton’s poetic text with the sound of radios, like whispered murmurings of the world, choreographer Laure Terrier accompanies these characters as they redefine social relationships, and strips the word “work” down to its bare bones.

What follows is a detailed observation of the human animal, its reactions and emotions. Animal Travail is a choreographic piece that strives for rebellion. It seeks to care for and propose an alternative “us”, by physically creating new ways of connecting.