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4 Reasons to Attend our Next Nocturne

Capturing Dada euphoria and modern magic

When evening falls over Bozar, every last Thursday of the month, the entire Centre for Fine Arts comes alive with Bozar All Over the P(a)lace. 26 September will be another vibrant experience: contemporary artists paying homage to Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Hans/Jean Arp, free and radical figures of modern art. Here is why you should join us.

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1.        Experiencing love  

Whereas, in 1926, the Arp-Taeuber couple completed the cinema-dance hall at the Aubette in Strasbourg, Emilie Pitoiset’s show, Where did our love go, will transform Bozar into a space for fierce competition between two couples, entwined, in a marathon dance performance until midnight. The artist takes inspiration from group or popular dance phenomena such as the marathons that flourished in the United States during the Great Depression.  

2.        Joining the dance 

On 26 September, Bozar wraps up its Opening Week with a celebratory mood, transforming itself into a magical den of modernity. Let yourself be carried away by Dada euphoria: in the heart of the Horta Hall, bathed in an intoxicating DJ set, the evening is all yours.  

3.        Discover a colourful, tragi-comic show with an avant-garde feel 

Created in 2021, the performance Eurêka, c'est presque le titre is a joyous tribute to the costume and set design of the multi-talented Sophie Taeuber-Arp.  In it, Swiss artist Marie-Caroline Hominal combines dance with abstract forms to bring fabulous and fantastical figures to life using gestures and a repertoire of movements drawn from popular culture.  

4.        Diving into the familiar unknown  

At the heart of the Royal Rotunda, Latefa Wiersch’s puppet evokes the vocabulary of Zurich Dadaism. The installation is a variation on the performance unknowing, unearthing created in 2024, in Zürich. Latefa Wiersch blends body, movement, sound, text, costumes and puppets in a process of transformation and the exchanging of roles. All you have to do is join us to discover how these elements reinvent themselves and reveal unexpected perspectives.