Jonathan Drillet
& Marlène Saldana

Marlène Saldana currently works with the Zerep company (Sophie Perez), Boris Charmatz, Christophe Honoré, Ashley Chen, and in the past she has worked with Yves-Noël Genod, Jérôme Bel, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Théo Mercier, and Jeanne Balibar. Jonathan Drillet has worked with Raimund Hoghe, Jonathan Capdevielle, Hubert Colas, Gerard & Kelly, and Julien Prévieux. He currently works as a performer and artistic collaborator with Théo Mercier and Phia Ménard. Because, like Friedrich Nietzsche, they know that art is given to us to prevent us from dying of the truth, they founded The United Patriotic Squadrons of Blessed Diana in 2008 and have since created numerous pieces, including Le Prix Kadhafi, Dormir sommeil profond: l’aube d’une odyssée, Fuyons sous la spirale de l’escalier profond, Le sacre du printemps arabe, Showgirl, and Les chats. Their next show will premiere in September 2027 at the Théâtre Saint Gervais in Geneva. Jonathan Drillet and Marlène Saldana have also just directed a short documentary film, Starkness, as part of a residency at the Villa Albertine. 

“We do theater and dance, so we need performers who can do both. Almost all of our pieces, which are very text-based, have been performed by dancers. So for Camping, we are offering a workshop on text interpretation and improvisation for dancers. We are currently working on two topics: Cruising, the film by William Friedkin, as well as the idea of cruising in general, not in the sense of a cruise but in the sense of gay cruising (in clubs and outdoors), and on the concept of homonationalism (and in particular the fact that the far right is now managing to attract a significant proportion of LGBTI+ voters).” Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet