Tickets
Duration: 50 minutes
Sensory notes: Loud music
Advance ticket sales start: January 15, 2026
Letting yourself drop, letting go, giving in. Ecstasy is often followed by a down from which we would prefer to escape: the sooner, the better. On the other hand, this down also has the potential of euphoria, begging to be explored. Together, the dancer Mélissa Guex and the percussionist Clément Grin enter an unstable, precarious and inebriated state in this dance-percussion duo with the musical-sounding title «DOWN (full album)»: from inertia to trance, from desperation to ecstasy. In an open, arena-shaped setting, surrounded by viewers, an explosive, irrational, generous, voracious dance takes place – an attempt to dance with obscure and demonic forces. «DOWN (full album)» is a sensuous invitation to be submerged together: a collective groove in the depths.
Biography
Credits
Concept, direction, and performance: Mélissa Guex, in collaboration with the artistic team
Music creation and performance: Clément Grin
Direction support and dramaturgie: Bast Hippocrate
Sound diffusion: Charlotte Vuissoz
Scenography and costumes: Lucie Meyer
Light designer: Justine Bouillet
Artistic advisor: Julie Botet
Production and distribution: Amandine Bula
Production: Cie Sumo
Management: Valérie Niedereost, SALVE Production
Technical director: Vincent Scalbert, SALVE Production
Coproduction partners: Théatre Vidy-Lausanne, Pavillon ADC Genève
Advance Purchase: far° Nyon, FIT Festival Lugano, Festival Antigel, Genève Schlachthaus Theater, Bern Usine à Gaz, Nyon
Support: La ville de Lausanne, Le Canton de Vaud, La Loterie Romande, La Fondation Ernst Göhner, La Fondation Suisse des artistes interprètes, RESO. Creation support by the Pavillon ADC’s (ac)compagnons program with the assistance of the Leenaards Foundation.
