The Whisperers

The Whisperers act as personal messengers, the opposite of town criers. They appear invisibly at first, blending in as curious spectators among the crowd. But as they gradually come together, they create a mass movement—a collective march, accompanied by a whisper that is both unified and discordant.

Gently, urgently, they share their worries and questions about the world. A fragment of life, a confession, a question that sparks another… Should one respond? The action slowly reveals itself to the spectators, shifting from invisible theater to a spreading rumor, from stillness to velocity, until reaching a state of alert.

The boundaries between theater, dance, and performance are blurred, forming a hybrid language. Words are as essential as the silence of moving bodies—bodies that resist, that scatter, or, when space runs out, rise through leaps. The key is constant adaptation.

The discourse is built from research, readings, and interviews, woven into a fictional narrative. For each event, the Whisperers explore a specific theme: choice at Le Générateur, disturbance at Palais de Tokyo, perception at Salon d'art contemporain de Montrouge. For Nuit Blanche 2018, the theme was… the night!

Performance created in 2018.