Choreography and dance Baptiste Cazaux
Music Être Peintre
Co-producers La Bâtie – festival de Genève, Théâtre Sévelin 36, KLAP – Maison pour la danse
Sound Gaspard Perdrisat
Lights Justine Bouillet
Assistant Lisa Laurent
Dramaturgy Johanna Hilari
Production and diffusion CH Yamina Pilli / oh la la - performing arts production
international diffusion Rue Branly – Quentin Legrand
Developed through Réseau Grand Luxe, Danse & Dramaturgie
With the support of Ernst Goehner Stiftung, SSA (Société Suisse des Auteurs), Pro Helvetia, CND 

GIMME A BREAK!!! is a quest for catharsis. Borrowing from the vocabulary of rave music, meditative practices and headbanging, Baptiste Cazaux continues his research into emotional peace and detachment, which he sees as a survival strategy in the face of capitalism. In a duet with loudspeakers, the choreographer composes a deregulated space-time, full of complexities and contradictions, in search of a vital and necessary impulse.
« Motivated by the feeling of helplessness, GIMME A BREAK!!! is rooted in my experience of depression during the various episodes of isolation in recent years. During these periods, I began to develop a DJ practice which helped me greatly. This made me realize the importance of music in my life and the place I wanted to give it in my artistic practice. DJing was a way for me, during the lockdowns, to stay creative and let off steam because I couldn't create shows or be in a studio. At the time, this practice was a way to feel intense emotions while the world was on pause and to find the epiphanies necessary in order to continue creating. Alongside my DJ practice, I discovered mindfulness meditation, which also helped me center myself and bring me back to the present moment. It was a way to calm myself down, to reconnect with my body and my sensations. These two processes continue to follow me today. GIMME A BREAK!!! is a continuation of meditation on pretty fast music (2021), a solo performance which takes the narrative form of a guided meditation, quickly distorted by a moment of hardcore dance. The two pieces placed in parallel put opposing entities in tension: hardcore physical practices devoid of inhibition, such as headbanging, with meditation, an esoteric and introspective technique, recovered by the Western capitalist system by appropriating Zen aesthetics, to better support and undergo this same system. »

After studying classical dance in Biarritz, Baptiste Cazaux joined the Junior Ballet Geneva in 2015 under the direction of Sean Wood and Patrice Delay. Within the company, he performed in productions created by internationally renowned choreographers such as Olivier Dubois, Barak Marshall, Roy Assaf, Sharon Eyal and Thomas Hauert.
Currently a professional dancer and choreographer, he works in Switzerland and Belgium with fellow choreographers, such as József Trefeli, Perrine Valli, Jan Martens and Ayelen Parolin. He presents his work in various Swiss and international theatres and festivals. Since the 2020/2021 season he has been an associate artist at L’Abri (Geneva, CH) and the Théâtre Sévelin 36, and is supported by the Réseau Grand Luxe. In July 2022 he took part in the ATLAS programme of the Impulstanz festival thanks to the support of Pro Helvetia. During the 2022/2023 season he was taking part in the Artistes en expérimentation programme at the CND - Centre National de la Danse in Lyon for the creation of his show GIMME A BREAK !!!.
Baptiste Cazaux also performs as a DJ under the alias Glaire Waldork.