What an opportunity! You're the star of the evening, guest of honor at the Awards, a seemingly selective ceremony that won't stop the worldly varnish from cracking...

Shine up your evening wear, the acrobatic gala is about to begin. The red carpet is rolled out, and it's time for the emotions, sometimes the least noble, to be brought to bear in the hope of winning the prize. List of nominees, awards ceremony, thank-yous... Backed by a sharp sense of observation and narration, and served by unrivalled technical and acrobatic virtuosity, the nine Back Pocket artists take over every stage of this ultra-codified ceremony, where hypocrisy and false pretenses reign supreme. Behind the facade of smiles, rivalry and greed often dominate. Deep-seated motivations and impulses come to the fore, amplified tenfold by movement: gestural speeches, choreographed emotions... While an audience conductor stirs up the atmosphere, video projections reveal what goes on behind the scenes of the show, and the immontable appears! Instrumentalization of the audience, objectification of the artist: here we see the reality of the entertainment society at its most raw and biting. A true jubilation!

Julie Bordenave