The Times
« Ils volent. Ils tournent sur eux-mêmes. Ils changent votre perception de l’incroyable. »
And there was light! There is a whole world on the stage: 15 dancers from various origins, whom Hervé Koubi asked – just this once– to dance as if the world were going to cease to exist. This urgency leads to a ballet with prodigious and visibly endless momentum, with interpreters’ vigor seeming to regenerate indefinitely. Figures from hip-hop, circus, capoeira or even breakdance mix with contemporary sounds and music by Steve Reich and Beethoven. Sol Invictus (“undefeated sun” in Latin) addresses the vital, irrepressible and happy need to dance.
In this show full of fury, tenderness and life, 10 dancers throw themselves into the fray and give in– for better or for worse? – to their pack instinct.
After Dans l’Engrenage, the Dyptik company is back with a festive and cathartic show that takes 8 dancers into a mind-bending collective trance.
In a world where everyone looks for a safe position, company Vertigo Dance, based in Jerusalem, develops an artistic universe conjuring up coming together and openness, as opposed to walls and isolation.
A « flamenco phenomenon » according to the New York Times, winner of the National dance prize in Spain, Jesús Carmona dances with vigor and passion on the edge of a masculinity to deconstruct.
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