Bless the Sound that saved a Witch like me / Benjamin Kahn
Saturday, 20 June, 2026 @ 20h - Les Subs
Performance
40 min
Les Subs
Often associated with anger and chaos, screaming is criticized, condemned, or censored in language and public spaces. Whether filled with rage, pleasure, pain, or silent, it is a powerful and deeply intimate act. It provokes instant empathy that also summons what we have in common and what is most instinctive. It is a crack in space-time.
This piece is an attempt to reclaim this radical expression in order to tame its raw and staggering power. Through a powerful physical and sonic journey, it seeks to make this vital impulse accessible, like a scream of alarm in the context of the geopolitical, ideological, and ecological crisis we are currently experiencing.
Benjamin Kahn is a dancer and choreographer. He studied dramaturgy and theater at the University of Aix-en-Provence and the Conservatoire de Rennes, and is a graduate of ESAC.
Considering dance and choreography to be powerful political tools, he is particularly interested in the construction and deconstruction of the way we view individual and collective bodies. Drawing on the interdisciplinary nature of his career and the richness of his encounters with unique performers, he creates pieces that combine text, precise choreography, and powerful sound and lightscapes to question social issues.
Between 2019 and 2023, he is creating a trilogy of solos: “Sorry, But I Feel Slightly Disidentified...,” “Bless the Sound that Saved a Witch like me,” and The Blue Hour questioning projections onto bodies, the gaze, and the link between the intimate and the collective. His next piece, Focu Meu, will premiere in May 2026 at the One Dance festival in Plovdiv.
Benjamin Kahn
Cast & Credits
Concept, choreography: Benjamin Kahn Performance: play created for Sati Veyrunes, and performed by Thi mai Nguyen Music Design: Lucia Ross Light Design and et stage management: Neills Doucet Sound engineer: Sammy Bichon Light engineer: Neills Doucet or Edouard Bonnet
Dramaturgy assistant: Théo Aucremanne
Outside eye: Cherish Menzo Eye on costum creation: Carolin Herzberg Texts: Benjamin Kahn inspired directly by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Death Grips, Darek Jerman, MAVI Executive production: Actoral Marseille Touring, development : Sandrine Barrasso
Thanks to : Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Léonard Degoulet, Louis Daurat
Coproduction: Klap Maison pour la danse, Charleroi Danse, Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Residencies: Festival de Marseille, Centre National de la danse Pantin, Klap Maison pour la danse, Kaiitheater , BUDA Kunstencentrum, Theater Rotterdam