Ivorian dance, puppets, Moroccan circus… Our recommendations for the Zébrures d’Automne festival

For forty years, the Francophonies have been showcasing the talents of cultural creation in the French-speaking world. New this year: a free prize to reach a wider audience. The editorial staff of France 3 Limousin offers you a selection of shows not to be missed.

An electrified room, an audience invited to dance on stage… Les Zébrures d’automne got off to a flying start this Wednesday evening at the Limoges Opera. The thirteen dancers of the N’Soleh company expressed all the passion of their country’s youth in a show mixing urban dance, contemporary dance and acrobatics. The stage of the Grand Théâtre was transformed for two evenings into “maquis”, the dance bars of Abidjan, the Ivorian capital. Choreographer Massidi Adiatou takes us to rue Princesse, a legendary Abidjan nightlife venue, destroyed in 2011, alongside a troupe of young, high-energy dancers, all spotted in the streets of the city. If you missed this exceptional first performance, you can still catch up this Friday evening at 8:30 p.m.

This year, contemporary Ivorian dance is in the spotlight with two shows scheduled. “We go down to Princess Street”but also “Hummingbird – Made in Ivory Coast” by the choreographer Abdoulaye Trésor Konaté proposed at the MAD this Saturday and Sunday.

The Francophonies are also aimed at young audiences. “Soudain la pierre”, a show by the Belgian company Baladins du miroir around the Facteur Cheval, a gentle dreamer who spent thirty-three years of his life (1879 – 1912) building the Palais Idéal in Hauterives in the Drôme, a masterpiece of naïve architecture. An authentic and magical story where determination, hope and creation win no matter what. Theatre to discover at CCM Jean-Gagnant this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 28 at 3 p.m..

Puppets at Zébrures d’automne, a first. Artists Csaba Raduly and Pavla Mano, both based in Montreal, tell us a poetic story with a few pieces of wood gleaned from the forest that transform into strange creatures of the imagination throughout the show. It is at theEspace Noriac this Friday at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Saturday September 28 at 10 a.m. and Sunday September 29 at 3 p.m..

The Autumn Zebra Stripes are taking place throughout Limousin, as evidenced by “La grande Ourse”, performed on the stage of the Jean Lurçat theater in Aubusson. A Franco-Senegalese play about a woman unjustly condemned who transforms into a bear to give way to the rage that lies dormant within her. Penda Diouf offers here the story of the emancipation of a woman destroyed by humiliation and disintegrated by social pressure.

For visually impaired people, a tactile tour of the sets and a meeting with the artistic team are planned before the performance of the Thursday October 3The show will also be available with audio description.

Acrobats, dancers, freestyle footballers, breakouts, taekwondo players… Director Maroussia Diaz Verbèke has taken the gamble of bringing together all these talents to talk about Moroccan youth. The show is a maelstrom of colors, music and acrobatics to see at theLimoges Opera only on October 1st at 7 p.m..

For its closing show the October 5 at 8:30 p.m., Les Francophonies summons the voices of current African song. A committed show, for the defense of women and girls on the African continent. Les Amazones d’Afrique is a pan-African female group born in 2014, at the initiative of three Malian stars and social change activists: Mamani Keita, Oumou Sangaré and Mariam Doumbia. Their name pays homage to the courageous and proud warriors. Since then, the collective has expanded and brings together many female artists from all over Africa.