January 28—February 7, 2026
Dance, performance, visual arts
Festival of international emerging artistic practices
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Lucía García Pullés
Mother tongue
2025
January 31 at 19:00
Théâtre Joliette, Petite salle
Danse
Duration: 45 min
Book your ticket
12€ / 22€
In co-presentation with Théâtre Joliette
Evening Pass: €20 / €30 — Mother Tongue by Lucía García Pullés at 7:00 PM, followed by Épique! (pour Yikakou) by Nadia Beugré at 8:30 PM.
Mother Tongue is a solo by Lucía García Pullés centered on her language — a troubled tongue that blends the need to survive with the fear of disappearing. A duet between her voice and its echo, it draws from the memory of a feminist demonstration, the present experience of emigration, and the desire for a future that allows inhabiting the margins.
In this first autofictional solo, Argentine choreographer and dancer Lucía García Pullés tells her story, shaped by personal experiences, collective narratives, and feminist commitments. Through repetition, saturation, and insistence, she explores the transformation of gestures, revealing the temporal and geographical layers of trauma and struggle that her body, as a living archive, carries. Central to this quest is sound, resulting from a subtle organic work with her voice, interwoven with music from her past and techno beats. The echo of these layered sounds creates a space for resonance with oneself and the world. With intensity, the intimate becomes political.
Biography
Performer and choreographer originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Paris, Lucía García Pullés holds a degree in choreographic composition from the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires. In 2014, she co-founded the company La Monton with Delfina Thiel and Samanta Leder. As a performer, she has collaborated with choreographers Mathilde Monnier and Volmir Cordeiro.
Her work as a choreographer engages with notions of identity, transformation, collective memory, and fictional narratives to construct imaginaries through consciously assumed subjectivities. Literature, theater, and sound art intersect in her practice, while the body becomes the host of fluid intersections. Lucía García Pullés is interested in the hybridization of languages, in what overflows, in order to challenge common sense and multiply possibilities of being. She is currently developing her next creation, Unsound (working title).
Credits
Distribution
Choreography and performance: Lucía García Pullés
Sound and music design: Aria Seashell De la Celle
Song: Mailen Pankonin
Costumes: Anna Carraud
Lighting: Carol Oliveira
Stage manager: Marie Predour
External consultan: Marcos Arriola
Vocal coach: Daniel Wendler
Artistic collaboration: Sophie Demeyer, Volmir Cordeiro
Production
Julie Le Gall (Bureau Cokot)
Coproduction
MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint- Denis et Riksteatern, dans le cadre de Common Stories, un programme Europe créative financé par l'Union européenne ; La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux - La Rochelle ; Théâtre de Vanves ; Charleroi Danse
Soutien
Drac Île-de-France au titre de l’aide au projet
Soutien
La Ménagerie de verre ; Danse Dense ; Carreau du Temple ; CND Centre national de la danse ; La Compagnie DCA à Saint-Denis ; Festival Solos al Mediodía ; Théâtre Solís (Uruguay)
Photo
Oscar Chevillard
