CIE JOSIANES

A circus and dance piece featuring four self-confessed feminist artists. JOSIANES ou l’art de la résistance is a street show that combines circus, dance and vertical dance. Set to a backdrop of peculiar humour, which combines acrobatics, frenetic choreography and polyphonic singing, the four women in the JOSIANES company tell us about their outlandish adventures and explore the notion of feminine resistance. Uninhibited, authentic and committed, funny but with touches of vulnerability, the show is an ode to the joy of life, to multiple femininities, and a wonderful tribute to our grandmothers!

The JOSIANES company was founded in 2020 by Julia Spiesser, when she crossed paths with the circus after 25 years devoted to dance, and the company bases it work on the fusion of these two worlds. Committed to the feminist cause and aiming to make her art a form of resistance, Spiesser brings together female artists, each from a different country but encouraged by the same aspiration: to use the performing arts to make their voices heard. “Courageous and funny, they fight for their ideals, they dare to assert their personalities; they are women as charming as they are talented! They are the JOSIANES.”

Concept and staging Julia Spiesser / Performing artists Una Bennett, Betty Mansion, Julia Spiesser i Rachel Salzman en alternança amb Clara Prezzavento o Mesi Lounela / Choreographies Julia Spiesser assistida per Betty Mansion / Circus creation Una Bennett, Rachel Salzman, Clara Prezzavento, Mesi Lounela / Sound design Alec Mansion / Conception and construction of scenography, technician Baptiste Couderc / External view Antonin Wicky / Decorator Julie Duverneuil
Production Cie JOSIANES / With the support Collectif 734 à Crest (26), La DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, La Cascade, Pôle National Cirque à Bourg-St-Andéol (07), Théâtre St Jean de Maurienne (73), Espace 1500 à Ambérieu en Bugey (01), Piste d’Azur à la Roquette sur Siagne (06), Émile Sabord Production (07)