If the mirror could speak, do you think it would accept me?

Duration: 25 minutes

The first dance piece for young audiences by Cie Essevesse.


Inspired by a poignant question asked by a young participant during awareness workshops against bullying, this choreographic piece offers a poetic and embodied reflection on this complex and often silent phenomenon.

Conceived by Antonino Ceresia and performed by Fabio Dolce and Greta Sandon, this danced duo gives form to the four typical roles involved in a bullying situation: the bully, the bullied, the passive bystander, and the active bystander.

The choreographic writing, both expressive and taut, leads the performers through an intense physical journey, to the point of exhaustion. Through repetition, confrontation, withdrawal, but also collective momentum, the bodies express what words leave unspoken: the muted violence, but also the possibility of mutual support, transformation, and resilience.

Gradually, the stage space opens up like a territory of negotiation, a place of acceptance of oneself and of others. Dance becomes a mirror — sometimes distorted, sometimes revealing — in which young people can see themselves, question, and begin a process of personal transformation.

Cast

Dancers
Fabio DOLCE & Greta SANDON

Choreographer
Antonino CERESIA

Composer
Noé PHILIBERT

Lights
Lumière naturelle ou lumière de la salle dans les lycées. Création en cours pour les théâtres

Clothing
Compagnie Essevesse

scheduling

Théâtre de La Licorne
Cannes, 2024 

Lycées de la Région Sud, 2024/25 : 

  • Lycée professionnel Alfred Hutinel – Cannes
  • Lycée Jean Perrin – Marseille
  • Lycée Général Paul Mélizan- Marseille 
  • Lycée Alphonse Daudet – Tarascon
  • Lycée Léon Blum – Draguignan
  • Lycée professionnel G. Cisson – Toulon
  • Lycée Alphonse Benoit – L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
  • Lycée professionnel de l’Argensol – Orange
  • Lycée Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié – Orange
  • Lycée Altitude – Briançon – Hautes-Alpes
  • Lycée Agricole Carmejane – Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson

support

Région Sud, service de lutte contre le Harcèlement 

Fondation Groupe EDF

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