Hexe, moving story(s) of a dancer and an era: intermediality and transmission

Culture
"Hexe" ("witch" in German) traces the gesticulating, moving and eventful life of Berlin dancer Valeska Gert in Germany in the 1920s. An unclassifiable artist, disturbing, grimacing, non-conformist and unashamed, who mixed dance, theater, song and cabaret.

Valeska Gert's individual story intersects with the political and cultural history of Europe, and addresses the broader themes of feminism, the rise of anti-Semitism, exile and artistic and intellectual emancipation.

Come and discover this solo in which words and gestures shed light on an era and the life of a dancer whose story, always in motion, has been forgotten!

This project is supported by the Commission Culture "aide aux projets" 2022.
 

Hexe from Cie Tancarville on Vimeo.

Distribution :

Creation and performance: Magali Benvenuti
Text and direction: Marjorie Blériot
Lighting design: Benjamin Croizy
Costume design: DNMAD-Mode students, Lycée Argouges

Financial support: Ville de Grenoble, CD Isère, Initiatives Locales, UGA - Commission Culture, Laboratoire ILCEA4, Département d'études germaniques, UFR SoCLE.
Special thanks to Jean-Louis and Leïla Bergougnoux, Fanny and Liliane Bonnet, Cathy Berjaud, Catherine Delatre, Myriam Geiser, Annie Martel, Natacha Rimasson-Fertin, La Cie Ru'elles, Jeannine Simone.
Special thanks to Laure Guilbert for her contributions and historical details.

Updated February 26, 2024