10 — 13.05
Nacera Belaza is known for her meticulous, minimalist and mesmerising choreography. Born in Algeria and now living in France, she translates diverse influences and dance traditions into addictive kinetic scores which cannot leave you unmoved. This is dance in its purest form, which needs to be experienced rather than understood. Two core research principles in Belaza’s body of work are ‘the circle’ and ‘rhythm’. In previous creations presented at the festival, Le Cercle (2019) and L’Onde (2021), she uncovered these research principles separately with determination and depth. Now they come together for the first time: on the one hand, the power of the circle in space, tracing its orbit around an unchanging centre, as if organising the disorder of disparate lives; on the other, the rhythm digging into time, lifting up bodies to grant them a dazzling freedom. Combined, the confrontation becomes a ritual practice opening up to a perpetual motion, a loophole to infinity. In this unique experience, the audience surrounds the dancers to contain their incredible energy. Not to be missed!
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi danse
Choreography, sound and light design: Nacera Belaza | Performers: Paulin Banc, Antoine Boisson, Mohammed Ech Charquaouy, rest of cast to be confirmed | Technical management: Christophe Renaud | Sound technician: Marco Parenti
Production: Association Jazz Ame - Compagnie Nacera Belaza | Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi danse, Festival d’Automne à Paris, MC93-Bobigny, Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse, Maison de la danse, Lyon – Pôle Européen de Création, Villa Albertine – French Embassy in the United States, Compagnie DCA / La Chaufferie | With the support of ACCN and A-CDCN in the frame of La Danse en grande forme: Cndc-Angers, CCN-Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture – CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux La Rochelle, le CCN de Caen en Normandie, Boom’Structur, Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble, MC2 : Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, Le Phare-CCN du Havre Normandie, CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, CCN d’Orléans, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne
Residence: Chaillot – Théâtre de la danse
The company is supported by the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Ile-de-France – Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication as a subsidised company and by the Ile-de-France Region as part of its permanent artistic and cultural programme
Performances in Brussels with the support of the French Embassy in Belgium and the Institut français Paris as part of EXTRA, a program that supports French contemporary creation in Belgium
