At the Vidy Theater in Lausanne, a Tempo forte festival listening to the living

What if we listened to the rivers? And not only them, but also the mountains, the forests, the fields. At the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland, whose director, Vincent Baudriller, has resolutely embarked on an ecological path for several years, this listening to natural elements, in the tradition of author-researchers like Camille de Toledo, has become a major focus. It guides part of the programming of the Tempo forte festival, which continues in Lausanne until Sunday, May 25 and also offered a new creation by the brilliant Christoph Marthaler: Le Sommet – which is indeed one on an artistic level – and which we will discuss again at the Avignon Festival, where it is scheduled from July 12 to 17, before being presented at the Festival d'Automne in Paris.

Listening to the Amazonian rivers is the project that Brazilian director and researcher Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha has been leading since 2013. She is presenting the third part of a cycle, Tapajos. Tudo quanto é rio ele tem mae (Tapajos. Every river has a mother) in Lausanne. "In more than ten years, I have learned and defended the idea that each river is a language and not a theme," she explains.

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