July 5th – 6th, 2025 Festival de la Cité, Lausanne
60 minutes
The Medieval Happy Hours
In Medieval Crack, Collectif Foulles, accompanied by historian Clovis Maillet, goes in search of the queer cracks in medieval history — those hidden spaces that allow other narratives, identities, and dances to emerge. In a bid to reappropriate time and history, the collective gleans material for emancipation from the representations and relics of the Middle Ages. Yes, the medieval period also had its happy hours of enlightenment and freedom.
The collective questions the shifts in meaning inherent in the mapping of our bodies — both past and present. All of this is captured with great mischief in a living fresco full of relief and gaiety.
Collectif Foulles—made up of Collin Cabanis, Auguste de Boursetty, Délia Krayenbühl, Emma Saba, and Fabio Zoppelli—has existed since 2018. It all started with affinities, friendships, jokes, and a meeting.
A desire to dance together, to share music, images, and texts—to share a host of things with a host of people. In their work, their most diverse passions come together in a jumble, with no hierarchy. Their approach is precise and respectful, but also celebratory and generous. They weave threads of discussion and tension, maintaining complexity—crossing time with the joy of a battalion.