Des Espoirs
This show, which mixes theatre and dance,testifies of man's ability to rebuild himself even after a trauma, such as the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The staging and the actors' work are based on de-traumatisation by gestures and dance, which signify and give meaning when words are not sufficient anymore. It is also a way to show the characters not as victims but as persons able to get back on their feet and go ahead.
The script presents the bitterness of life while underlining that hope is always present and more important than anything else, for "tomorrow has to be better, otherwise there would be no reason for today to exist."
“My sister says that if this world is inside out, then she herself is upside down. And surely an upside down world would turn her inside out. My sister says that she would like to live in a country where all memories are forbidden. A sweet, sweet country of amnesia. But she also says that it’s important we tell our stories. So that the world knows. But the world -- it already knows. It just doesn’t care. My sister has an urgent need to tell the stories to herself, to stumble through her nightmares, to wake up her ghosts, to knock over her demons, to throw up her resentment and her hatred, to strip away this heavy gray coat that she’s been wearing since… What to say when words fall silent? When the words are stranded in the throat, their arms dangle, their mouths gape, the words are helpless, out of breath, and they… give up. What to say when we are giving birth to death? That death hides in our wombs, waiting for the best moment to eat its way out. My sister then says that she is going to tell the story as if she is taking a bath. To be fresh. And clean and … Light”
