Multidisciplinary artist D. Kimm (poetry, spoken word, performance, video) is the artistic director of Les Filles électriques theatre company and the Phenomena Festival. She creates highly original works (La salle des pas perdus, La mariée perpétuelle, La mythologie expliquée) that incorporate new technology and are infused with surrealism and a 19th‑century aesthetic (circus arts, curio cabinets). Shifting effortlessly between genres, she formed Mankind, an electronic music duo, with Alexis O’Hara, and Brahmine, an ensemble of 10 zany and free-spirited creators. Comment j’ai appris à parler aux oiseaux is her first play for young audiences.