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Vision
Prepare to challenge your perception as this unique performance piece invites you to experience art beyond the limitations of sight. By shifting the focus to touch and sound, these artists turn a standard show into an intimate and communal journey through space. It is a rare chance to engage with a truly inclusive project that prioritizes empathy over traditional spectacle.
Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris 1st)
About
The Théâtre du Châtelet presents Vision, an immersive project by the Shōnen company led by Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, running from October 18 to October 21, 2026. This unique work challenges our understanding of sight and social connection by featuring performers who are blind or visually impaired. Moving beyond the traditional stage, the performance invites the audience on a sensory journey through the theater, emphasizing sound and touch. Tickets are priced between 10 and 15 euros, and the event is fully adapted to accommodate blind and visually impaired visitors throughout its duration.
vision seeks new ways of being together by exploring a seemingly simple question: what does it mean to see and, in this case, to look?
Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, Aloun Marchal, Marine Relinger,For nearly twenty years, the company Shōnen, created under the leadership of choreographer and visual artist Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, has explored the link between art and society. Claiming in socius projects, without ignoring any of the issues related to inclusion, the company has specialized in alter-spectacularity, for example by partnering with performers with disabilities.
The purpose of vision is to focus on the gaze that spectators cast upon the performers, and vice versa. Whether they are dancers, actors, or musicians, all the artists participating in this show are affected, to varying degrees, by visual impairments: they may be partially sighted and/or blind; their vision is blurred, double, peripheral, or they may be unable to see due to blindness. Consequently, this show emphasizes other senses: hearing, of course, or touch.
Inclusion, as we can see, is at the heart of the approach. But inclusion also means the participation of spectators in this other way of thinking about the relationships between art and society. Thus, a performance transforms into a stroll through the walls of the Théâtre du Châtelet: not only is this another way to occupy space, but it is also an act of solidarity and fraternity.
Our take on this event
From Sunday, October 18, to Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the Shōnen company, directed by choreographer and visual artist Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, brings the production Vision to the Théâtre du Châtelet. For nearly two decades, the company has explored the intersection of art and society, specializing in projects that prioritize inclusive perspectives and feature performers with disabilities.
Vision focuses on the relationship between performers and spectators by highlighting the experiences of artists who are blind or have various degrees of visual impairment. By centering performers whose vision is blurred, peripheral, or absent, the work encourages the audience to engage through other senses, such as hearing and touch. The format shifts away from a static performance to a guided exploration through the interior of the Théâtre du Châtelet, framing the act of watching as an exercise in solidarity.
Tickets are available for 10 to 15 euros. The production is specifically designed to be accessible to blind and partially sighted individuals, inviting all spectators to rethink the connection between artistic expression and social inclusion.
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