À nos combats

Salia Sanou drew inspiration for this performance from the legendary boxing match The Rumble in the Jungle. In 1974, the iconic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman gripped the world. What began as a sporting event grew into a global cultural moment. This June, Sanou brings that charged energy back to life at Amare in a performance that connects the intensity of the ring with the expressiveness of dance.

Sanou also casts a fresh light on the role of women in combat sports. With À nos combats, he shifts the perspective on boxing and opens up a broader conversation about struggle, boundaries, and violence in our society. Fluidity, inventive movement, strength, and vulnerability set the rhythm of the fight. Hand-to-hand combat, footwork, hook, dodge, uppercut: the physical commitment is total, intense, and at times violent. The energy on stage reverberates throughout the space, drawing the audience into a charged atmosphere where sport, performance, and social questions come together.

Is boxing a brutal sport, or a noble one? Can it be a way to learn our limits and to contain the violence in our society? À nos combats is a powerful performance that draws you into a world of struggle, surrender, and movement.