Dear Ijeawele, or a feminist manifesto

The Libomna company was founded to bring Ludmilla Dabo’s projects to life. An actress, singer, writer, and director, she explores the role of women in all their diversity, as well as the role of cultures of origin in family traditions. In 2022, she premiered the provocative piece “Ceci n’est qu’une histoire de Balance” at Avignon In and recently created “Musiques en Héritage”—a journey through the musical memories of the company’s artists. She has performed in David Lescot’s “Portrait de Ludmilla en Nina Simone,” presented at La Manufacture and on tour worldwide ever since.

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Ludmilla Dabo is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris.
She has worked under the direction of Bernard Sobel, Irène Bonnaud, Denis Moraud, Lena Paugam, Mélanie Leray, Eva Doumbia, Alexandre Zeff, and Lazare for her productions “Sombre Rivière” and “Lazare station,” among others. She is currently working as an actress and singer alongside Elise Vigier in the productions “Harlem Quartett” by James Baldwin and “Anaïs Nin au miroir” by Agnès Desarthe (premiering at the Théâtre Benoît XII in July 2022 during the 76th Avignon Festival); as well as with David Lescot on the productions “Portrait de Ludmilla en Nina Simone,” “Une Femme se Déplace” (Critics’ Union Award for
Actress of the Year), and “La force qui ravage tout” (premiering at the Théâtre de la Ville in January 2023). She wrote, directed, and starred in her first show, “My Body is a Cage,” in September 2021. She directed David Lescot’s theatrical series “Feu Sacré” alongside Ambre Kahan and Aurélie Van Den Daele for the Théâtre de La Croix Rousse.
She writes, directs, and stars in “Ceci n’est qu’une histoire de balance,” a new production for the “Vive le Sujet” section of the 2022 Avignon Festival, and “Musiques en Héritage,” presented at the Théâtre de la Tempête in Paris and on tour.

Musician Anthony Capelli is a musician, composer, and sound engineer.
He studied music composition at the Lyon Conservatory, specializing in electroacoustic composition, and graduated from the Dante Agostini Drum School.
As a composer for theater, he has worked notably with David Lescot on “Les ondes Magnetiques” in 2018, as well as the musical “Une femme se déplace” in 2020 and “La Force qui ravage tout” in 2023
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He has also been composing for FranceCulture radio dramas since 2011, collaborating with directors Alexandre Plank and Laure Egoroff: “Fahrenheit 451,” “Croire aux fauves,”
“Alein”… as well as for recorded concert/reading performances, including at the Théâtre de la Ville, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, and the Avignon Festival.
For short films, “GRANDS” in 2021, a drama filmed at the Santé Prison. He also works on building his own electronic musical instruments.
As a member of the Making Waves collective, he designed the Radiobox, a mobile mixing console that makes it easy to run a radio station, such as the student radio station “Radio Al Mawjet” in Tunis, or “Radio Bitume,” the radio station of the solidarity association “La Cloche” in France.

As a child, Gilles Normand sang in a choir as a professional. After graduating from high school, he continued his jazz studies at the CIM, where he refined his guitar technique under Pierre Cullaz and studied harmony and composition.
As a guitarist and bassist, he has accompanied artists such as H. Salvador and worked in theater and dance with Emanuelle Laborit, Alexandre Zef, Olivier Brunhes, and Nathalie Collantes. He has participated as a sideman in numerous jazz, Latin, and Brazilian projects. Gilles Normand performs regularly with his quintet, which recorded *Odéna*. (2015) A CD featuring his latest compositions.


As a composer, he has worked in theater for Alexandre Zef: Big Shoot (2016), Jaz (2017). Emanuelle Laborit: L'épopée d'Hermès (2021), La reine mère (2014), Une sacrée boucherie (2013). Hrysto
: The Little Prince (2019). Régis Santon: Dear Liar (2012). Olivier Brunhes: Rêve d'A. Aziou liquid. The Alms Gap. For dance with Nathalie Collantes: Ecorces vives, Chant d'encre, La théorie du voyage, Soliloque, DY, and AA. Koffi Kawlé: Blues Scat. For the Théâtre du Rond Point: The Bathtub and the Two Chairs, and compositions and arrangements for the theater’s orchestra (2005–06). He is also a composer for several short films and one feature film: No Choice (Hristo)

A musical reading by Ludmilla Dabo
Guitar Gilles Normand
Drums, computer Anthony Capelli

Text adaptation by Ludmilla Dabo
Sound and lighting Nils Rougié

Production Libomna / Sorcières&Cie