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Rébecca Chaillon & Aurore Déon

Whitewashing
VIERNULVIER
  • Fri 03.04
    20:00 - 21:15
    De Vooruit - Domzaal
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Pulverise all your preconceptions.

‘Whitewashing’ is a playful yet confronting performance that brings clichés and fantasies surrounding Black women vividly to the stage. Rébecca Chaillon and Aurore Déon make visible what is often hidden: how colonial and sexist biases continue to shape bodies, gazes, and spaces.

Each performance evolves, but always revolves around two opposing forces: one fragile and rooted in a floor that is never quite white enough, the other strong, challenging, and full of creative energy. Together, they weave a story exposing the historical invisibility of Black women and the burdens they have carried.

With humor and hypnotic repetition, ‘Whitewashing’ confronts audiences with prejudices, clichés, and societal expectations around Black women, inviting reflection on care, self-preservation, and resistance. A performance that is both intense and liberating, raising profound questions about power, identity, and (in)visibility.

 

trigger warnings
  • Smoking occurs on stage
  • Fire or pyrotechnics are used on stage
  • Strong smells (bleach)
  • Discrimination and inequality 
  • The performance contains nudity
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technical triggers:

  • Smoking occurs on stage
  • Fire or pyrotechnics are used on stage
  • Strong smells (bleach)

thematic triggers:

  • Discrimination and inequality
    ( includes racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, ableism -discrimination based on disability-)

  • The performance contains nudity

Credits

Direction: Rébecca Chaillon - Text: Rébecca Chaillon and Aurore Déon - With: Rébecca Chaillon and Aurore Déon - General Stage Management & Technical Operations: Suzanne Péchenart - Translation and Subtitling: Lisa Wegener - Production / Development: L’Oeil Ecoute – Mara Teboul, Elise Bernard & Amandine Loriol - Photo: Cyrille Choupas - Visit in collaboration: Caisa - Visit supported by: Institut Français Finlande, Niilo Helander’s foundation

Curated 4

Not sure where to start? Fear not, because VIERNULVIER’s artistic team curated four journeys through dance, theatre, music, and performance — from established voices to intimate, queer, and daring work. Choose your path and explore freely.

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