Building on the first edition of Transmission Impossible, which debuted in 2024 by the Festival d’Avignon and the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in collaboration with Mathilde Monnier, this new project will be led by Lia Rodrigues, accompanied by Silvia Soter da Silveira, Cristina Moura, Daniella Lima and Calixto Neto. This group of creators and teachers is close to the artist and shares the educational approach she has developed since founding the Escola Livre de Dança da Maré (ELDM) in 2011 in the Maré favela of Rio de Janeiro. From July 3 to 15, 2026, these renowned professionals will work alongside the project’s young participants. Together they will explore the festival’s international programme, broaden their understanding of the professional field and explore the processes of transmission at work in the performing art. The experience will also help participants gain a firmer grasp of the range of careers possible in the sector.
Transmission Impossible 2026
Transmission Impossible 2026
To this end, the group of young artists will be able to enjoy special access to the Festival d’Avignon, attending performances, rehearsals and encounters with participating performers. Daily workshops designed to help them hone their skills and undertake collective artistic research will culminate on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 8 pm at Le Mahabharata, where students from the Foundation’s bursary programme and other guest students will propose a new collective work based on their “embedded” experience of the festival. Hybrid by nature, this critical yet sensitive synthesis aims to give voice to the aspirations and ideas of a young generation of artists as they engage with the most vibrant aspects of the contemporary art scene. As part of the Festival d’Avignon’s official programme, Transmission Impossible also serves as a real springboard for these young artists into professional networks.
After Panorama in 2022 at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris, Sweat, Glitter and Moolah in 2023 at Les Subs in Lyon, Transmission Impossible in 2024 at the Festival d’Avignon and Avant toute chose at the MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis in Bobigny in 2025, Transmission Impossible 2026 offers a new generation of young talents the chance to take their first steps on stage. The project reflects the commitment of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès to promoting equal opportunities and renewing the performing arts scene through its Artists in the Community programme.
Informations
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION
From 3 to 15 July 2026, Avignon
Public presentation 15 July 2026 at 8 pm
At the bar of Le Mahabharata
- ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT
Lia Rodrigues
In partnership with Calixto Neto, Silvia Soter da Silveira, Cristina Moura and Daniella Lima - Distribution
25 artists receiving study bursaries as part of a programme by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès:
- Inga Adeline-Eshuis
École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique du Théâtre National de Strasbourg (École du TNS) - Jimmy Ali Muhoya
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Verdy Antsiou
École Régionale d’Acteurs de Cannes et Marseille (ERACM) - Hishem Bekka
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Lubin Bellier
École Nationale Supérieure d’Art Dramatique (ENSAD), Montpellier - Philippe Bertrand
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Tom Cantrel
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Siriné Cissé
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Lou Duckett
École Nationale Supérieure d’Art Dramatique (ENSAD), Montpellier - Renann Eidt Da Fontouna, ICI – Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier – Occitanie / Pyrénées Méditerranée, Master Exerce
- Gédéon Ekay
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Léonore Fourre
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Luc Gohin
Centre National des arts du cirque (CNAC), Châlons-en-Champagne - Mahaut Grasset
École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique de la Ville de Paris (ESAD/PSPBB) - Clara Guehennec
École Nationale Supérieure d’Art Dramatique (ENSAD), Montpellier - Emilie Hubert
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Menel Kalay
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Zoé Millet
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Théo Pham
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Merbouha Rahmani
Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD), Paris - Haritina Razanajatovo
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMD) – Paris - Lucas Rosier
École Nationale Supérieure d’Art Dramatique (ENSAD), Montpellier - Nathan Saraga-Morais
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Emma Vernay
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT), Lyon - Aryan Zolfaghari
ICI – Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier – Occitanie / Pyrénées Méditerranée, Master Exerce
12 Brazilian students from the Escola Livre de Dança da Maré (ELDM):
- Arô Alba de Araújo Canazart
- Luyd de Souza Carvalho
- Bento Dias Mendes
- Jhon Monteiro
- Vini Ori
- Andrey da Silva Pereira
- Dinara Carneiro da Silva
- Michelly Nascimento Santos da Silva
- Raquel Alexandre David Silva
- Samara Alves Souza
- Pedro Campello do Rego Valença
- Kaelì Yorà
17 international students invited by the Festival d’Avignon:
- Lu Huan Chen
- Hung-Chun Chen
- Jeunga Lee
- Jimin Shin
- Hwyram Kim
- Eunsun (or Sophia) Yu
- Beatriz Miguel
- José Alves
- Šarūnas Rapolas Meliešius
- Ángela Iglesias Aguilar
- Duna Jiménez Fernán
- Louis Loup Collet
- Kim Bigler
- Antònia Roig i Serralta
- Fahartadji Ahmed-Ibrahim
- Yelyzaveta Nykytiuk
- Marina Mouniapin
- Inga Adeline-Eshuis
