Beste cantate

For its first creation, the company La Drache is celebrating pagan rites, folklore and the power of costumed bodies as they seek each other out, meet and transform. Drawing on the Dunkirk carnival and queer imagination, the eight dancers explore the subversive role of the popular festival while asking themselves: How can we imagine a new carnival together? How can we redefine its contours and engage in carnivals today? Indeed, while carnivals have a wide-ranging human, social, spiritual and artistic impact on many people, and while they offer a space for freedom and precious irreverence, they also have a dark side.

In response to the racist and sexist excesses of carnivals, Beste cantate takes us on a journey of physical and collective jubilation, reinventing the farandoles, rigaudons and other dances of carnival to reclaim the positive force of this historical and cultural heritage.