Dorothée Munyaneza / Ben LaMar Gay
Version(s)
Dates
fri 15 jan 2027 - 21:00
sat 16 jan 2027 - 21:00
location
Theaterstudio
price
DOUBLE BILL with Baptiste Cazaux € 10 → 30
duration
1h Dorothée Munyaneza explores masculinity in Version(s).
‘How long does it take to become a man?’ In the run-up to Version(s), Christian Nka posed this question to Dorothée Munyaneza, who for the first time is explicitly focusing on masculinity.
In her new production, Munyaneza - a familiar face on the programme for several years - facilitates an encounter between two men. On one side stands poet and teacher Christian Nka, a living legend in northern Marseille. Once a celebrated boxer, he is equally renowned for his social commitment as a street educator.
With the nimble agility of a boxer, Nka reflects on his life, his fraught relationship with violence, and his struggle with societal expectations. Beside him is Ben LaMar Gay, a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Chicago and an artistic ally of Munyaneza. Text, music, and movement create a hybrid space in which memories, bodies, and stories intersect.
‘There are different versions of me,’ Nka admits. Is this an uneasy confession or a claim to multiplicity?
What does it mean to be a man today? To be a man of colour? What do we pass on, and how do we share our life experiences with one another?
In her new production, Munyaneza - a familiar face on the programme for several years - facilitates an encounter between two men. On one side stands poet and teacher Christian Nka, a living legend in northern Marseille. Once a celebrated boxer, he is equally renowned for his social commitment as a street educator.
With the nimble agility of a boxer, Nka reflects on his life, his fraught relationship with violence, and his struggle with societal expectations. Beside him is Ben LaMar Gay, a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Chicago and an artistic ally of Munyaneza. Text, music, and movement create a hybrid space in which memories, bodies, and stories intersect.
‘There are different versions of me,’ Nka admits. Is this an uneasy confession or a claim to multiplicity?
What does it mean to be a man today? To be a man of colour? What do we pass on, and how do we share our life experiences with one another?
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