In the bushes - 2024
Plunged into an absurd world, In the Bushes celebrates the magnificence and incomprehensible contradictions of life whilst mocking the idea of human exceptionalism. Quirky, exuberant and witty, it questions our humanity with ferocious joy.
‘Masterfully choreographed’ (Broadway World)
FUTURE DATES
Edinburgh Fringe 2025
VENUE: Summerhall - The Main Hall
DATES: 13-25 August 2025 (excl. Tues 19)
TIME: 16:35
BOOK HERE: festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/in-the-bushes/
PRESS
While many scenes invited personal interpretation, their messages were often strikingly clear. Themes such as social exclusion and our responses to shame, envy, and lust formed the core of the performance. Through masterfully choreographed movement, a healthy dose of humour, and just the right touch of absurdity, these emotions spilled from the stage in a way that was both entertaining and thought-provoking.
Nuno de Sousa Lopes, BROADWAY WORLD (LU)
These dancing bodies obey only one rule: to be nothing identifiable, although frankly attractive. We witness a sort of spiritual rite, one of those that claim to facilitate a journey within oneself to better understand and thus better approach our reality. The language of Tirabasso is readable in this sense; "In The Bushes" presents a non-reality to highlight the opposite. (…)
With humor and imagination, the choreographer, accompanied by six excellent dancers, allows herself the improbable, and all of this becomes so entertaining that catharsis occurs naturally. Ultimately, we emerge from "In The Bushes" armed with unparalleled boldness to face this world of bleak normality.
Godefroy Gordet, LAND (LU)
A powerful composite form of theatre that has the complexity of a Hieronymus Bosch painting and the dream-like imagination of the surrealists.
Nicholas Minns, WRITING ABOUT DANCE (UK)
Choreographer / Director: Léa Tirabasso
In collaboration with the dancers: Catarina Barbosa, Georges Maikel Pires Monteiro, Karl Fagerlund Brekke, Laura Lorenzi, Mayowa Ogunnaike, Stefania Pinato
R&D Dancer: Alistair Goldsmith
Composer: Johanna Bramli & Ed Chivers
Costume Designer: Jennifer Lopes Santos
Lighting Designer: Ben Moon
Producer: Vasanthi Argouin, Jasmine Andrews, Treacle Holasz
Administrator: Sousana Eang
Social Media Manager: Stefania Pinato
Tour Booker: Vincenç Mayans, Palosanto Projects
Past Dates:
20/11/2024 KLAP, Maison pour la Danse Marseille (FR)
22-23/11/2024 Grand Théâtre, Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU)
Plunged into an absurd world, In the Bushes celebrates the magnificence and incomprehensible contradictions of life whilst mocking the idea of human exceptionalism. Quirky, exuberant and witty, it questions our humanity with ferocious joy.
‘Masterfully choreographed’ (Broadway World)
FUTURE DATES
Edinburgh Fringe 2025
VENUE: Summerhall - The Main Hall
DATES: 13-25 August 2025 (excl. Tues 19)
TIME: 16:35
BOOK HERE: festival.summerhallarts.co.uk/events/in-the-bushes/
PRESS
While many scenes invited personal interpretation, their messages were often strikingly clear. Themes such as social exclusion and our responses to shame, envy, and lust formed the core of the performance. Through masterfully choreographed movement, a healthy dose of humour, and just the right touch of absurdity, these emotions spilled from the stage in a way that was both entertaining and thought-provoking.
Nuno de Sousa Lopes, BROADWAY WORLD (LU)
These dancing bodies obey only one rule: to be nothing identifiable, although frankly attractive. We witness a sort of spiritual rite, one of those that claim to facilitate a journey within oneself to better understand and thus better approach our reality. The language of Tirabasso is readable in this sense; "In The Bushes" presents a non-reality to highlight the opposite. (…)
With humor and imagination, the choreographer, accompanied by six excellent dancers, allows herself the improbable, and all of this becomes so entertaining that catharsis occurs naturally. Ultimately, we emerge from "In The Bushes" armed with unparalleled boldness to face this world of bleak normality.
Godefroy Gordet, LAND (LU)
A powerful composite form of theatre that has the complexity of a Hieronymus Bosch painting and the dream-like imagination of the surrealists.
Nicholas Minns, WRITING ABOUT DANCE (UK)
Choreographer / Director: Léa Tirabasso
In collaboration with the dancers: Catarina Barbosa, Georges Maikel Pires Monteiro, Karl Fagerlund Brekke, Laura Lorenzi, Mayowa Ogunnaike, Stefania Pinato
R&D Dancer: Alistair Goldsmith
Composer: Johanna Bramli & Ed Chivers
Costume Designer: Jennifer Lopes Santos
Lighting Designer: Ben Moon
Producer: Vasanthi Argouin, Jasmine Andrews, Treacle Holasz
Administrator: Sousana Eang
Social Media Manager: Stefania Pinato
Tour Booker: Vincenç Mayans, Palosanto Projects
Past Dates:
20/11/2024 KLAP, Maison pour la Danse Marseille (FR)
22-23/11/2024 Grand Théâtre, Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU)
Photo credit (black background): R&D 1 (2022) Léa Junet
Photo credit (white background): R&D 2 (2023) Camilla Greenwell
CONTACTS
Administration
Sousana Eang
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Production
Vasanthi Argouin
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Artistic Director
Léa Tirabasso
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Tour Booking
Vincenç Mayens, Palosanto Projects
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Sousana Eang
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Production
Vasanthi Argouin
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Artistic Director
Léa Tirabasso
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Tour Booking
Vincenç Mayens, Palosanto Projects
[email protected]
SUPPORTS
Co-produced by
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU)
Commissioned by
South East Dance, Brighton (UK), The Place, London (UK)
Supported by
TROIS C-L, Maison pour la danse - Artiste en résidence 2024 (LU)
Ministère de la Culture de Luxembourg (LU)
Fondation Indépendance (LU)
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU)
Commissioned by
South East Dance, Brighton (UK), The Place, London (UK)
Supported by
TROIS C-L, Maison pour la danse - Artiste en résidence 2024 (LU)
Ministère de la Culture de Luxembourg (LU)
Fondation Indépendance (LU)
