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In the bushes - 2024
Plunged into an absurd world, In the Bushes celebrates the incomprehensible and magnificent 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)
Words on the piece:
“I wanted to embrace incoherence and absurdity. I wanted to celebrate nothingness, meaninglessness. One of my starting points for the show was a need to laugh and be light—both while making the piece in the studio and with the audience when they see it on stage. What are we hiding from? Who are we when we hide? Can I play with my preconceived ideas of dramaturgy?
What is left of humanity when nothing makes sense anymore?”
Léa
FUTURE DATES
Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Summerhall - The Main Hall
13-25 Aug. 2025 (excl. Tues. 19th) / 4.35pm
INCLUDED IN
The Guardian’s top 12 Edinburgh Dance and Circus picks
INTERVIEWS
Fjord Review ‘from Belly to brain’
Quitenssential ‘In the Bushes: Léa Tirabasso’s Surreal Fringe Dance Debut’
Get your coats on ‘Audiences are curious and eager to chat with artists on the streets, making this festival in particular, warm and human.’
PRESS
A reminder of the absurd creature that lies within us.
Lucy Ribchester, The List (UK)
A fun and fearful walk on the wild side.
Lindsay Windship, The Guardian (UK)
In the bushes fonctions as a provocation. It does not try to please. It holds its line.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential (UK)
It’s frankly batshit crazy.
It’s this juxtaposition of real and surreal, art and reality, that makes ‘In the Bushes’ such a compelling proposition. If absurdity isn’t your bag it’s best avoided. But, if as Tirabasso intended, you can throw your expectations out the window and simply enjoy this as it was intended you’re in for a huge treat.
Mark Gorman, The Wee Review (UK)
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 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.
Micholas Minns, WRITTING 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:
7-8/103/2025 KLAP, The Place London (UK)
20/11/2024 KLAP, Maison pour la Danse Marseille (FR)
22-23/11/2024 Grand Théâtre, Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU)
In the bushes - 2024
Plunged into an absurd world, In the Bushes celebrates the incomprehensible and magnificent 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)
Words on the piece:
“I wanted to embrace incoherence and absurdity. I wanted to celebrate nothingness, meaninglessness. One of my starting points for the show was a need to laugh and be light—both while making the piece in the studio and with the audience when they see it on stage. What are we hiding from? Who are we when we hide? Can I play with my preconceived ideas of dramaturgy?
What is left of humanity when nothing makes sense anymore?”
Léa
FUTURE DATES
Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Summerhall - The Main Hall
13-25 Aug. 2025 (excl. Tues. 19th) / 4.35pm
INCLUDED IN
The Guardian’s top 12 Edinburgh Dance and Circus picks
INTERVIEWS
Fjord Review ‘from Belly to brain’
Quitenssential ‘In the Bushes: Léa Tirabasso’s Surreal Fringe Dance Debut’
Get your coats on ‘Audiences are curious and eager to chat with artists on the streets, making this festival in particular, warm and human.’
PRESS
A reminder of the absurd creature that lies within us.
Lucy Ribchester, The List (UK)
A fun and fearful walk on the wild side.
Lindsay Windship, The Guardian (UK)
In the bushes fonctions as a provocation. It does not try to please. It holds its line.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential (UK)
It’s frankly batshit crazy.
It’s this juxtaposition of real and surreal, art and reality, that makes ‘In the Bushes’ such a compelling proposition. If absurdity isn’t your bag it’s best avoided. But, if as Tirabasso intended, you can throw your expectations out the window and simply enjoy this as it was intended you’re in for a huge treat.
Mark Gorman, The Wee Review (UK)
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 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.
Micholas Minns, WRITTING 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:
7-8/103/2025 KLAP, The Place London (UK)
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
[email protected]
Production
Vasanthi Argouin
[email protected]
Artistic Director
Léa Tirabasso
[email protected]
Tour Booking
Vincenç Mayens, Palosanto Projects
[email protected]
Sousana Eang
[email protected]
Production
Vasanthi Argouin
[email protected]
Artistic Director
Léa Tirabasso
[email protected]
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)
