MARLENE SALDANA works with Sophie Perez & Xavier Boussiron, Boris Charmatz, Christophe Honoré, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Ashley Chen, and has also worked with Yves-Noël Genod, Jérôme Bel, Thomas Lebrun, Théo Mercier, Daniel Jeanneteau, Gerard&Kelly, Krystian Lupa, and Jeanne Balibar. In 2019, she received the Best Actress Award from the Theater and Dance Critics Union for her role as Jacques Demy in Christophe Honoré’s play *Les Idoles*. She also stars in his latest play, *Le ciel de Nantes*.

JONATHAN DRILLET has worked with Raimund Hoghe, Christophe Honoré, Hubert Colas, Sanja Mitrovic, Gerard&Kelly, and Julien Prévieux. He currently works as a performer and artistic collaborator with Jonathan Capdevielle, Théo Mercier, and Phia Ménard.

Thanks to such eclecticism and 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 together in 2008 and have since written numerous shows, 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. Their shows have been presented at the Belluard Festival (Switzerland), Studio Chez Bushwick and Park Avenue Armory (New York), Ménagerie de Verre in Paris, Centre Pompidou, TAP in Poitiers, Scène Nationale d’Orléans, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Printemps de Septembre Festival in Toulouse, A Domicile Festival in Guissény, Actoral Festival in Marseille, and Centre National de la Danse (Pantin).

In 2021, they presented two new creations: 22 castors front contre front, a ballet for 22 young performers created in collaboration with choreographers Gaëlle Bourges and Mickaël Phelippeau; and *Showgirl*, a solo piece that premiered in September 2021 at the La Bâtie Festival in Geneva.

They are currently preparing their next creation, Les chats (ou ceux qui frappent et ceux qui sont frappés), a piece for 11 dancers, which will premiere at the Théâtre du Nord in Lille in November 2024.