Boris Charmatz. SOMNOLE
Schedule
Tue Mar 10 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Bozar | Brussels, BU
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𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 ⟶ https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/boris-charmatz-somnoleAfter Manger, 20 danseurs pour le XXe siècle et plus encore, then Aatt enen tionon and Herses last season, choreographer Boris Charmatz presents Somnole at Bozar, an intimate performance exploring movement suspended between wakefulness and sleep. Alone on stage, he delivers a singular performance in which breath, whispers, and the quivering of the body become the instruments of an inner dance. This minimalist, introspective piece summons up a gentle physicality that is almost imperceptible, but of great intensity. In an age overloaded with information, where time seems to be racing ahead, Somnole prefers slowness, ambiguity, and almost nothing.
At the heart of this piece is the poetry of sleep - a fragile territory, often relegated to the shadow of productivity. Charmatz gives dreams and drowsiness a creative and sensory force, like an invitation to give value back to this state of half-consciousness. This choreographic reverie is reminiscent of The sleep of reason produces monsters (No. 43), a famous engraving by Francisco Goya, presented at Bozar in the Luz y sombra exhibition this autumn. Goya and Spanish realism. As with Goya, Boris Charmatz explores the porosity between reality and imagination, where sleep, far from being an escape, becomes an opening, another way of seeing the world.
Credits
Choreography and performance - Boris Charmatz
Choreographic assistant - Magali Caillet Gajan
Lights - Yves Godin
Costumes collaboration - Marion Regnier
Vocal work - Dalila Khatir
With the advice of Médéric Collignon and Bertrand Causse
General stage manager - Fabrice Le Fur
Production - Terrain
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