Based in Occitanie since 2004, the Compagnie d’iElles is closely linked to the career and work of Yaëlle Antoine, who trained successively at the Annie Fratellini Circus School and at Esacto-Lido in tightrope walking and contortion. Yaëlle Antoine co-wrote her first circus piece, *Lames Sœurs*, which won the Beaumarchais Prize in 2007. In 2014, she created the show *Be Felice, Hippodrame urbain* (Beaumarchais Street Grants, *Écrire pour la rue*, and *Auteur d’Espaces*). She also challenges and reimagines the circus repertoire with the creation of *Tôle Story, répertoire d’un chaos* (Processus Cirque 2015, *Écritures en Campagne*).

Year after year, Yaëlle Antoine—eager to find spaces that align with her dramaturgy—breaks down barriers and increasingly explores urban and outdoor spaces. It is this field of exploration that she delves into with the creation of *Liesse(s)*, which examines the concept of rituals through a whimsical, carnivalesque aesthetic.

The lichen takes root just as Rosa takes the bus—a resilient journey, a walk to discover a territory punctuated by performative moments. The project was selected, from among 400 applications, to be part of the Diffusion-Médiation 24-25 component of the European cross-border cooperation project EKO Pyrénées by Cirque 24-25.

Yaëlle Antoine’s next production, *WYRD*, scheduled for 2028, revisits her first circus piece, *Lames Sœurs*, created in 2007. At the time, the piece depicted the sordid daily lives of two sisters—two maids—on their way to the