SPONGEBABE IN L.A. (4 LOVE & ANXIETY) is the new solo choreographic work by and performed by Mercedes Dassy.

In it, she stages the musical and choreographic performance of SpongeBabe - a fictional double - as she rehearses the show from her new album before its grand premiere. We share with her her last night underground before her big return to the surface.

In between rehearsals, SpongeBabe shares a more intimate, elliptical narrative, a kind of behind-the-scenes or voice-over, in movement and words, in which she confides her experiences and reflections on brokenness, vulnerability, gentleness and rebirth.

Mercedes Dassy (1990, Brussels) is a dancer and choreographer active in the fields of dance, performance, film, theater and video. In 2009, she joined S.E.A.D. Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and completed a Summer Program at the Tisch School of Art/Dance Department - New York University. Back in Brussels since 2012, she has worked with Voetvolk/Lisbeth Gruwez, Compagnie3637, Cie P H O S / P HO R, MUGWUMP, Notch company/Oriane Varak Leslie Mannès/Thomas Thurine/Vincent Lemaître, Lafayette Anticipations, Bertrand Mandico, Delphine Girard, Erwan LeDuc, and others.

Since 2015, Mercedes Dassy has also been creating her own work with Pause (2015), i - c l i t (2018), TWYXX, in collaboration with actor Tom Adjibi (2019), B4 summer (2020), Deepstaria bienvenue, a commission from L'Opéra de Lyon for dancer Maeva Lassère (2020) and Pamela Chapitre 6765, a performance for the 2020 edition of Marseille's Actoral festival, and RUUPTUUR (2022) a piece for 4 dancers.

In July 2018, Mercedes Dassy was awarded the Jo Dekmine prize for promising creations and artists by the Théâtre des Doms. In November 2021, she received the jury prize in the Podium choreography competition in the "solo/duo" category, with her piece B4 summer.