My second adventure as director, “Corps tendres” is an immersive show revolving around the question of touch.
Touch as a gesture of expression, attention, tenderness, support, learning and safety.
Accompanied by four circus artists and a percussionist, spectators are invited to take part in a radically sensitive and political performance that is both kind-hearted and aesthetic, highlighting the singular beauty of bodies in movement and their interactions.
Creation january 2026
Explanatory video made as part of Circus Next, in somewhat broken Franglais
Brussels – Autumn 2023
Video about the workshops conducted alongside the creation of the show,
produced by Catarina Gonçalves
Brussels – July 2025
Concept: Lucie Yerlès
Lighting design and artistic collaboration: Gaspar Schelck
Sound design: Loïc Le Foll
Performers: Philomène Authelet, Félix Rapela, Laila Umeko, Seppe Van Looveren (alternating with Wout Deneyer)
Artistic advisors: Lorette Moreau, Leslie Mannès, Albin Warette, Julien Fournet, Charly Magonza
Assistant director: Pauline Corvellec
Scenographic support: Charlotte Lippinois & Charlotte Burgaud
Production & distribution: Cécile Imbernon – La chouette diffusion & Elisabeth Maréchal
Executive production: MARS – Mons Arts de la scène
Co-production & Residency: Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles | Maison de la culture de Tournai | Up – Circus & Performing Arts | Le grand bain (France) | Chorège CDCN Falaise-Normandie (France) | Le Forum, Falaise (France) | Le PALC, Pôle National Cirque, Châlons-en-Champagne (France) | Central, La Louvière (Belgium)
Residencies: Wolubilis, Brussels | La Roseraie, Brussels | La Cascade, Pôle cirque Rhône-Alpes, Bourg-Saint-Andéol | Le Grainerie, conventioned venue (France) | Théâtre Varia, Brussels | Ad Lib – Residencies Belgium’s LIBITUM
Support: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallonie-Bruxelles International
With the assistance of the Ministry of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Theatre Service,
taxshelter.be, ING & tax shelter of the Belgian Federal Government

Résidence + PREMIERES · Mars Mons arts de la scène

Résidence + Etape de travail · CENTRAL La Louvière

Résidence + Etape de travail · Le PALC Châlon en Champagne

Résidence · Up Circus and Performing Arts

Résidence · Maison de la culture de Tournai

Résidence · CDCN Chorège Falaise

Résidence · La Cascade - Bourg St Andéol (FR)

Résidence · Mars Mons arts de la scène

Résidence · La Grainerie · Toulouse (FR)

Laboratoire de recherche · Théâtre Varia

Laboratoire de recherche · Up Circus and Performing Arts

Laboratoire de dramaturgie Circus Next · La Grainerie

Laboratoire de recherche · La Roseraie
