Performing Arts Season 2025/2026
As an international co-production, the artists Nina Laisné and François Chaignaud, together with the singer Nadia Larcher, are creating “Último helecho” – a performance in which music, song and dance merge into a single entity, combining Baroque with South American folklore and mythology.
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Zwischen zwei Felsspalten beugt sich eine nackte Person in eine krumme Haltung.
"Último helecho" is the second collaboration between François Chaignaud and Nina Laisné following their production "Romances inciertos, un autre Orlando," for which they created a unique poetic and artistic cosmos: drag and dance, old Spanish songs, and queer heroic narratives were interwoven into a celebration of fluid identities and forms of expression.
The subjects and means from which "Último helecho" emerges are similarly diverse: Nina Laisné, who, in addition to performances, also works as a filmmaker and visual artist, is responsible for the music, direction, and scenography.
While trained dancer François Chaignaud also sings on stage – he already accompanied his solos in "Romances inciertos" with falsetto and bass vocals – Nadia Larcher, a celebrated singing star in South America, will join him for the first time to try out the folk dances of her homeland.
From the chacarera to the majestic zambas to the huaynos, the diverse repertoire of traditional Argentinian music and dance will serve as the foundation for the performance. The duo will be accompanied live on stage by six musicians whose artistic roots lie partly in the Baroque period and partly in folklore.
The evening consists of two parts, the first of which evokes a bygone, lost world. Two hybrid creatures come to life within it. The second is characterized by great vitality and a series of energetic dances. "Ultimo helecho" confronts and connects aesthetic practices from Europe and South America, evoking the shared history of both continents, which is also the history of marginalization and exploitation, of imperialism. The performance explores – through the poetry and the fabulous that underlie the songs and dances – the possibilities of consolation and reconciliation.
The artistic creations of François Chaignaud and Nina Laisné are diverse and distinctive attempts to draw from diverse traditions and sources.
While Nina Laisné is equally active in the performing and visual arts, François Chaignaud works as a dancer, performer, singer, and choreographer. Both share a passion for pushing boundaries and a longing for a fusion of past, history, and present.
Artistic Team
- Nina Laisné – Concept, Music and Stage Direction, Scenography
- François Chaignaud – Choreography, Artistic Collaboration
- Nadia Larcher – Music Advisor, Artistic Collaboration
Performers
- François Chaignaud, Nadia Larcher
Musicians
- Rémi Lécorché – Tenor Baroque Trombone, Serpent, Flute
- Nicolas Vazquez – Tenor Baroque Trombone
- Cyril Bernhard / Joan Marín – Bass Baroque Trombone, Wacrapuco
- Jean-Baptiste Henry – Bandoneon
- Daniel Zapico – Theorbo, Saxophone
- Vanesa García – Traditional Percussion
Additional information
Executive Production by Zorongo in association with Mandorle Productions
Zorongo is supported by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Nina Laisné is an associate artist at the Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest and at the Grand R – Scène nationale de La Roche-sur-Yon.
Mandorle Productions is supported by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. François Chaignaud is an associate artist at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, as well as the Maison de la danse and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon.
Co-produced by Berliner Festspiele, Théâtre de Liège, Les 2 Scènes – Scène nationale de Besançon, Le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest, Maison de la danse / Pôle européen de création, en soutien à la Biennale de Lyon, PACT Zollverein, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, Dans in December Brugge, Le Grand R – Scène Nationale La Roche-sur-Yon, Charleroi Danse – Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Opéra de Limoges, Julidans Amsterdam, Le Manège, scène nationale – Reims, La Comédie de Clermont – Clermont Ferrand, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie, MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène Nationale, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Château Rouge – Scène conventionnée Annemasse, Theater Freiburg, Oriente occidente, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Festival Musica, Strasbourg, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, POLE-SUD, CDCN Strasbourg, La Filature – Scène nationale, Mulhouse, théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne – Toulouse
The show is supported by Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and the Inver Tax Shelter.
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Residencies: La Ménagerie de Verre, CND, Pantin
Zorongo is supported by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Nina Laisné is an associate artist at the Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest and at the Grand R – Scène nationale de La Roche-sur-Yon.
Mandorle Productions is supported by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. François Chaignaud is an associate artist at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, as well as the Maison de la danse and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon.
Co-produced by Berliner Festspiele, Théâtre de Liège, Les 2 Scènes – Scène nationale de Besançon, Le Quartz – Scène nationale de Brest, Maison de la danse / Pôle européen de création, en soutien à la Biennale de Lyon, PACT Zollverein, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, Dans in December Brugge, Le Grand R – Scène Nationale La Roche-sur-Yon, Charleroi Danse – Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Opéra de Limoges, Julidans Amsterdam, Le Manège, scène nationale – Reims, La Comédie de Clermont – Clermont Ferrand, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie, MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène Nationale, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Château Rouge – Scène conventionnée Annemasse, Theater Freiburg, Oriente occidente, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Festival Musica, Strasbourg, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, POLE-SUD, CDCN Strasbourg, La Filature – Scène nationale, Mulhouse, théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne – Toulouse
The show is supported by Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and the Inver Tax Shelter.
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Residencies: La Ménagerie de Verre, CND, Pantin
Dates
January 2026
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