Eugénie Rebetez (*1984) grew up in the Swiss Jura. She has been working as a freelance stage artist for over 15 years. She has created four solo pieces to date: Gina (2010), Encore (2013), Bienvenue (2017) and Ha ha ha (2021), a play for young audiences, which was interpreted by Tarek Halaby. For La Fête des Vignerons in Vevey, she created Le défilé droit direct du Jura (2019), a rebellious parade. Other works include Nous trois (2019), an infernal trio, and Rendez-vous (2022), a piece with several guests. Carmen Jaquier made a film version of Rendez-vous for French-speaking Swiss television RTS. Parallel to her stage works, Eugénie Rebetez creates performances at art venues, including One night only (Kunst Halle St. Gallen, 2014), Unfertig (Hauser & Wirth Zurich, 2015) as well as Flesh, Heart and Soul and Geduld (for the exhibitions by Pipilotti Rist at Kunst Halle Krems 2015 and Kunsthaus Zurich 2016). For almost a decade, she has worked annually with students on the Bachelor of Dance programme at La Manufacture (Haute Ecole des Arts de la Scène) in Lausanne. From 2024 to 2027, Eugénie Rebetez will be continuously supported within the framework of concept funding, the new funding model of the City of Zurich Culture, and has also been a Tanzhaus accomplice since then. Her solo piece Comeback is planned for spring 2025.
Show
Eugénie Rebetez
Rendez-vous
Welcome, Bienvenue, Welcome... A young dancer dreaming of a life as a prima ballerina. A storyteller and musician who is severely visually impaired from birth. A retired actress not willing to retire yet. For Rendez-vous, choreographer Eugénie Rebetez, who is well-known as a solo artist, invites six different stage performers to gather around her piano. Based on Rebetez' songs, they search for ways in which two bodies can coexist, listen, touch, support or carry each other without losing themselves. Oscillating between spectacle and poetry, Rebetez creates an intimate cabaret that harnesses the magic of the moment and draws its power from gentleness.
Choreography, composition, direction Eugénie Rebetez
Creation and performance Plume Ducret, Michael Fehr, Marthe Krummenacher, Naïla Vasarino, Leslie Philbert, Eugénie Rebetez
Costumes Susanne Boner
Light design and technical direction Léa Beloin
Sound design Matthias Brunner
Artistic support Jessica Huber, Carmen Jaquier
Dramaturgical support Léonore Guy, Simon Froehling (Tanzhaus Zürich)
Production Lara Anderegg, Eugénie Rebetez
Diffusion Léonore Guy
Coproduction Tanzhaus Zürich, Théâtre du Jura, Le Grütli – Centre de production et de diffusion des Arts vivants
Supported by City of Zürich Culture, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Department of Culture of the Canton of Zürich, SSA Cultural Fund, Ernst Göhner Foundation, Landis & Gyr Foundation, Migros Cultural Percentage
Many thanks for their contributions during the research phase Francine Acolas, Tanya Beyeler, Alain Borek, Thierry Court, Bertrand Kiefer, Eva Lambillon, Quentin Posva, Joséphine Rihs, Yvette Théraulaz, Pauline Vrolixs, Marika Buffat und Dominique Hauser, sowie Jules, Gaston, Matilda, Ramiro and Ciel
Photos Andrea Zahler
