#Self-portraitCreation March 2026
AgendaCalendar
2026
Juin##June
08Festival des RCI93BAGNOLETFrance
Mars##March
03-06Dansfabrik Festival, Le Quartz, national stage of Brest, PREMIERESBRESTFrance
20-21MONDES Festival, Theatre of l'Aire LibreSAINT-JACQUES-DE-LA-LANDEFrance
“What moves me most in dance or music is the mysterious thing called ‘groove’. For me, this often involves the musicality of the bass. Groove is also something very singular, personal and intimate. Through this path, I conjure up gestures, dances and voices that link one’s individual history with History with a capital ‘h’.”
Betty Tchomanga
Decolonial (Hi)stories #Self-portrait is an extension of Betty Tchomanga’s ongoing exploration of the links between intimacy and politics, through the medium of portraiture. Using her family name and lineage, as well as silences and memories that were not passed on to her, she revisits the History that links her two home countries: Cameroon and France.
DistributionCreative team
Choreography, text and performanceBetty Tchomanga
Sound DesignStéphane Monteiro
Lighting DesignEduardo Abdala
CostumesBetty Tchomanga
Artistic ConsultantsDalila Khatir et Emma Tricard
Vocal coachDalila Khatir
Video editingBetty Tchomanga, assisted by Lucille André
ConstructionEmilie Godreuil
Executive producerMarion Cachan
AdministratorMarion le Guerroué
Production managerFlorentine Busson
Recorded voicesSabine Macher during an interview conducted for the collective La Permanence, 2018. Emma Tricard, interview for Decolonial (Hi)stories, 2023.
Special thanks toVincent Blouch, Emilie Godreuil et Marino Marchand
Lighting manager (alternating)Eduardo Abdala and Tatiana Carret
MentionsPartners
Producer GANG
Coproducer
La Pop, Paris
Danse à tous les étages, a traveling CDCN (National Choreographic Development Center) in Brittany
L’Aire Libre in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande
Le Quartz scène nationale de Brest
With funding from
DRAC (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) in Brittany (in partnership with the Ministry of Culture) Region of Brittany City of Brest
