Performance - “Tu ne reposeras jamais en paix” [You will never rest in peace] at far°, Festival et fabrique des arts vivants in Nyon.

We are pleased to announce a performance by artist Mbaye Diop and choreographer Alioune Diagne, aka Lune Diagne, “Tu ne reposeras jamais en paix” [You will never rest in peace] at far°, Festival et fabrique des arts vivants in Nyon, on Thursday, August 14th at 7pm and on Friday, August 15th at 9pm. A second part will be presented in Dakar in December 2025 during the 16th edition of Partcours at Musée Théodore Monod.

This performance is inspired by a moment of historical tension: the dispute that erupted during the funeral of the poet and first president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor. This conflict arose from the wishes of his Serer community and those of his wife, Colette Senghor. The point of contention: where should his body be laid to rest? In Joal-Fadiouth, his birthplace, or in Bel-Air, a district of Dakar? The resolution was an unexpected and symbolic compromise – a separation of body and spirit, each assigned a different grave.

Through the grace of movement and the force of spoken word, Tu ne reposeras jamais en paix seeks to mend the fracture caused by this imposed division. In Senegal dance plays a vital role in funeral rites. It honours the deceased but can also restore justice by revealing causes of death or summoning spirits to punish the irreparable. Shifting between the poetics and politics of the body, this performance becomes a posthumous tribute to Senghor, a sensitive weaving of memory, reparation and ritual, in search of reconciliation and peace.

Information:

Th 14.08.25 19h & Fr 15.08.25 21h

Creation / Duration 45' / From age 14 / In French

In collaboration with OH Gallery.