Miedka is inspired by the real-life experience of French anthropologist Nastassja MARTIN, who was attacked by a bear in Kamchatka in 2015. She survived but was profoundly transformed, leading her to explore the boundary between human and non-human — an experience she recounts In the Eye of the Wild. Composer Alexandre LÉVY's opera turns this story into a musical and sensory experience blending human and animal voices, organic sound textures, and a participatory choir. The work follows a woman who, after her injury, accepts her metamorphosis and learns to live between two worlds, making the wild an integral part of being human.
 

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2026/10/9(Fri)-10/18(Sun) 11:00-20:00 

►[2026 Open House] Installation Exhibition of Alexandre LÉVY - Miedka: Faces of the Wild

  Behind-the-Scenes: Decryption  
2026/10/9(Fri)11:10-12:10
Location｜Crown Terrace (East)
※This activity is open exclusively to ticket holders. If you would like to explore the stage installation, please purchase seats designated as "Including Decryption Activity" via OPENTIX. (Limited capacity. Available while stocks last.)

  Creative and Production Team  

Music & Concept｜Alexandre LÉVY

Visual Artist｜Sophie LECOMTE

Adaptation｜Stéphane DELBASSÉ

Direction｜Constance LARRIEU

Nastassja｜Élise DABROWSKI

Daria, Mother & Nurse｜Marie-Pascale DUBÉ

Ivan, Doctor & Psychologist｜Jean-Christophe BRIZARD

The Landscape Voices｜[Forever Young: Theater for All] Workshop Choir

  Team Introduction  

Music & Concept｜Alexandre LÉVY

Alexandre LÉVY (FR) is a composer, performer, and Artistic Director of the company aKousthéa. Trained at the Paris Conservatory (CNSM), he won five first prizes there and worked with Édith LEJET and Michèle REVERDY, among others. Driven by the connection between creation and transmission, he develops a sensitive and innovative musical universe blending electroacoustics, stage forms, interactive installations, and site-specific art. He regularly collaborates with artists from other disciplines (dance, photography, video) and is particularly interested in the relationship between art and heritage. His works are performed in venues dedicated to contemporary music (GRM, GRAME, Détours de Babel, etc.) as well as in multidisciplinary spaces (Chaumont-sur-Loire, La Borie, Le Cube, etc.). Internationally, his immersive installations have been presented in Taipei, Tainan, and Hong Kong. He was an associate artist at 9-9bis and is currently preparing a new work in Taiwan centered around the ancient red cypress tree.

Visual Artist｜Sophie LECOMTE

Sophie LECOMTE (FR) is a visual artist, a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). In her multifaceted work, both sculptural and graphic, she develops a poetics of hybridization that seeks to recreate the connections between the kingdoms of nature. An alchemist attentive to the manifestations of nature, she creates from the nuances and resonances of living things. Her work has been exhibited in France (Musée de Pont-Aven, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Musée de Bar-le-Duc, Conservatoire des Arts de Montigny, Musée de la Corbillière, Centre d'Art de Montreuil, etc.) and abroad (Musée Jenisch Vevey, Museo del Traje in Bahia, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, etc.). For the past 20 years, she has collaborated closely with Alexandre LÉVY on the creation of installations for the aKousthéa company, developing forms that combine their two artistic worlds.

Direction｜Constance LARRIEU

Constance LARRIEU (FR) is a director, actress, musician, and educator, trained at ERACM and the Geneva Conservatory of Music. In opera, she has directed around ten productions in France, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. In theatre, she has directed works by SHAKESPEARE, Sarah KANE, Marc-Antoine CYR, Vincent FARASSE, Patrick BOUVET, Christophe TARKOS, Mariette NAVARRO, and Gwendoline SOUBLIN, and created numerous shows with musical ensembles.

She wrote and directed Un flocon dans ma gorge (A Snowflake in My Throat), a musical road trip for young audiences, and La fonction de l'orgasme (The Function of the Orgasm), based on the work of Wilhelm REICH. She co-directs, with Didier GIRAULDON, the Jabberwock company, which champions contemporary writing and musical theatre. As an actress, she has worked with Sylvain MAURICE, Ludovic LAGARDE, Charlotte LAGRANGE, Émilie ROUSSET, Jean-François SIVADIER, Simon DELÉTANG, Guillaume VINCENT, Catherine MARNAS, Youri POGREBNITCHKO, Mani SOLEYMANLOU, and Christoph MARTHALER. She was a resident artist at the Comédie de Reims from 2009 to 2014. Her theatrical practice, inseparable from music, continues to forge strong links between these two disciplines.

Singer｜Élise DABROWSKI

Élise DABROWSKI (FR) is a singer, double bassist, and composer. 

Trained at the Maîtrise de Radio France, she began singing MAHLER and MESSIAEN at a young age under the direction of Seiji OZAWA. She has distinguished herself in the contemporary and operatic repertoire with works by Michaël LEVINAS, Gérard GRISEY, Wolfgang RIHM, Alexandre LÉVY, and Fernando FISZBEIN. A versatile artist, she combines voice, double bass, and musical theater in original creations, blending poetry, electronics, and performance. Active on the jazz and improvisation scene (alongside Joëlle LÉANDRE and Louis SCLAVIS), she founded the trio PARKING, acclaimed by Jazz Magazine. She also directs the TREPAK company and creates hybrid operas such as Pain Maudit, Choir, and Tomber sans bruit. Composer associated with La Pop (2024–2026), her works are performed in major venues of the contemporary music scene (GMEM, Théâtre de Vanves, Abbaye de Noirlac...).

Singer｜Marie-Pascale DUBÉ

Marie-Pascale DUBÉ (FR/CA) is an actress, singer, and director. Trained in film at UQAM and then in theatre in France, she developed a unique vocal practice marked by her immersion with the Inuit of Canada, where she learned throat singing (katajjaq). This approach profoundly transformed her relationship to the voice, which she explores in both theatrical productions (Un flocon dans ma gorge, Penthésilé.e.s) and musical projects (Le chant de l'aurore, Stellar Music Ensemble). In 2023, she joined the cast of Fauves, a contemporary opera by Alexandre LÉVY inspired by the world of Nastassja MARTIN. Her work blends voice, trance, ecology, and sensitive narratives between humans and non-humans.

As a director, she created Rouge Gorge, a poetic documentary about her initiatory journey with katajjaq. In 2024, France Culture dedicated a sound portrait to her. Her voice, vibrant and organic, connects intimate territories, indigenous traditions, and contemporary creation.

Singer｜Jean-Christophe BRIZARD

Jean-Christophe BRIZARD (FR) is a bass guitarist, accordionist, and music teacher. Trained at the conservatories of Rennes and Paris, he specialized in operatic singing and medieval music (Master's degree from the Sorbonne). His unique voice has led him to collaborate with numerous prestigious ensembles: La Tempête, Spirito, Le Balcon, Accentus, Graindelavoix, and others. As a soloist, he has participated in adaptations of Cinq songes pour un retour and Elle s'écoule by Nicolas FRIZE. He enjoys hybrid forms, lending his voice and body to stage, experimental, and performance creations (Stabat Mater, Lyon Biennale, Palais de Tokyo, IRCAM, Fondation Louis Vuitton, etc.).

He performed in STOCKHAUSEN's Licht with Le Balcon. He also played the shaman in the film Pachamama and sang in Yakari. His discography ranges from MONTEVERDI to MACHAUT, encompassing contemporary music and stage songs. BRIZARD also teaches the chromatic accordion.

With the support of Bureau français de Taipei