In a sensual atmosphere, LOUNGE is a duet of two bodies self-identified as female. Together, they go through several states, from lying down to relaxed postures to seeking pleasure in the repetition of repetitive movements.

The performers use the presence of the other to dive deeper into themselves and into the atmosphere being created. Throughout the piece, they play with the idea of an invisible lap dance, through almost imperceptible dance moves, using their gaze to blur the limit between the giver and the receiver.

The choreographic strategy shines a light and questions the relation between dancer and audience. Between public and private spheres. Between seeing and being seen. The sensuality and the atmosphere created are at the heart of the performance. Lights and music feed it. Like a shoulder to lean on. A lap to seat on. Grounded in eroticism, the piece creates a sort of sensitive community. Lounge treats rest as an action, and an affirmation of femininity.

Paradise might be on this earth, but here, you will find its waiting room. Without haste.

Curated by Hirma Ndayiziga

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Biographies

Mariana Benenge (CG/FR) is a dancer, choreographer and designer,  is a free spirit in the Parisian queer community. The young entrepreneur has co-founded P3, an exclusive FLINTA party that celebrates and encourage BIPOC queers lesbian to celebrate their sensuality and to nurture spaces without male gaze domination. As a designer, Mariana carries along her Congolese heritage, in close dialogue with colour and texture, she brings forward audacity and unapologetism in her clothing, representing her womanhood.

Myriam Lucas is a dancer, teaching artist and choreographer from San Diego, California. She began her dancing as a freestyle Hip-Hop dancer and has since moved into other urban dance forms and various contemporary movement techniques.

Marga Alfeirão (Lisbon,1994) uses media to carve safe-spaces for the exploration of intimacy and sexuality through dance and performance. Heavily influenced by dance-genres and sound textures from the african diaspora disseminated through Lisbon’s social tissue, she attempts an active claim of womanhood, making room for lesbian sensualities. In 2023 she premiered Lounge at TanzTage, a lesbian lap dance duet.