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Valentine Losseau, Compagnie 14:20<div> When new magic takes hold of the poetry of uprising, ecstasy, and enigma, the result is a breathtaking, phantasmagorical experience. Apparitions, disappearances, levitations: On m'a trouvé grandie (I Was Found Grown Up) unfolds the power of a spectacular visual language for a sensitive immersion into the heart of the Salpêtrière hospital at the end of the 19th century.</div><div><br></div><div> In 1896, Madeleine, a mysterious patient who would spend her life walking on tiptoe, claimed to rise from the ground. Facing her, a fascinated doctor attempted to unravel the enigma through hypnosis and bring her back to her senses. Inspired by a dark chapter in medical history, Valentine Losseau has created a captivating work exploring the poignant fate of women labeled hysterical, torn between incomprehension and resistance.</div><div><br></div><div> In a prodigious stage design, the bodies seem to float. Driven by Leïla Ka's choreography, this theatre of realities becomes a vertiginous sensory journey.</div>