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I AM YOUR KNIGHT MARE

I was

sitting on a bench

wrists towards

the sky

praying like

an infidel

playing like

an immortal

lips bending

à l’horizontal

towards

Un deux trois

Cheval !

There he was

magnificent

strawberry purple

my stallion

he came to pick

me

up

like a flow flow flow

flowy flon

a flower and

and I came

to ride him

steady teddy dy

And un deux trois

There I was !

piercing through

the air

with my

weapony weapony whip

tongue ting tong

speaking twists

and malefices yess

to betray

the atmosphere

And there I was !

his knight

mare

About the Author

Aliénor graduated from ESACT in Liège and continues to train in various physical disciplines, including dance, singing, and Xinyi Bagua Zhang. She engages in a wide range of artistic experiences both in Belgium and abroad, spanning experimental theater, circus, dance, and performance. Over the years, she has collaborated with artists and companies such as Clinic Orgasm Society, Anne Thuot, Renelde Pierlot, Petri Dish, Le Corridor, Liesbet Hermans, Studio d’Action Théâtrale, Monia Montali & François Bodeux, and David Zambrano. She is currently working on her first solo creation, Rouge, which has received support from various institutions (FWB, Factory …). Alongside her performance work, she also explores writing in its many forms, and improvisation.

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