That's twisted (2026) - Baptiste Cazaux

By shaping listening as a malleable, shifting material, That’s twisted creates a transformative terrain where temporalities, affects, and intensities are thrown off balance, blurring perceptions of time and reality. Drawing on a nostalgia for 2010s pop anthems—infused with nihilism and a bittersweet, joyful fatalism in the face of an uncertain future—the piece is grounded in a contemporary melancholy that Baptiste Cazaux seeks to move beyond.

Through a collage of dances and sounds spanning different eras, they construct a hybrid space in which gestures, music, and noise bend, overlap, and collide, like a DJ scratching through a track. In this sensual, psychedelic drift, memory and disorientation intertwine, revealing a hazy landscape of echoes, fragments, and ever-shifting presences.

After EXERCICE DE STYLES #2 (2019), perfect pitch (2021) and GIMME A BREAK !!! (2023), That’s twisted is Baptiste Cazaux’ fourth project. The premiere took place from 21 to 25 April 2026 in Pavillon ADC (Geneva, CH).

That’s twisted - a project by Baptiste Cazaux (45’, 2026)

Concept, choreography, performance: Baptiste Cazaux
Music: Nelly Hello
External eye: Samir Kennedy
Sound: Gaspard Perdrisat
Lights: Justine Bouillet
Dramaturgy: Johanna Hilari
Sound advice: Sandar Tun Tun
Costumes: Josiane Martinho
Admin/ Prod/ Swiss Distribution: Yamina Pilli – oh la la performing arts production
International Distribution: Quentin Legrand – Rue Branly
Production: HONEYHONEYDANCEDANCE
Coproduction: Pavillon ADC (programme (AC)COMPAGNONS supported by Fondation Leenaards), Kaserne Basel
Residencies: Pavillon ADC, Kaserne Basel, IRA Festival, L’Abri
Supports: Coproduction Platform 2025 by RESO - Tanznetzwerk Schweiz - Réseau Danse Suisse, Pro Helvetia

Photos © Morgan Carlier Van Elsande, Studio Tropbien

 

UPCOMING TOURS

  • 07.05.2026 | Kaserne Basel, Basel (CH)

  • 30.08.2026 | BMotion, Festival OperaEstate Veneto, Bassano del Grappa (IT)

  • Oct 2026 | FIT Festival, Lugano (CH) - exact date tba

  • Nov 2026 | Südpol Luzern, Luzern (CH) - exact date tba

  • Nov 2026 | Swiss Dance Week, Paris (FR) - exact dates tba

  • March 2027 | Printemps de Sévelin, Lausanne (CH) - exact date tba

  • 19.03.2027 | La Balsamine, Bruxelles (BE)

  • 24.03.2027 | Usine à Gaz, Nyon (CH)

PREVIOUS DATES

  • 07.09.2025 | Showing / Etape de travail, IRA Festival, Soverato (IT)

  • 21.04.2026 | Pavillon ADC, Genève (CH) - PREMIERE

  • 22.04.2026 | Pavillon ADC, Genève (CH)

  • 23.04.2026 | Pavillon ADC, Genève (CH)

  • 24.04.2026 | Pavillon ADC, Genève (CH)

  • 25.04.2026 | Pavillon ADC, Genève (CH)