Elegance, softness, the beaches of Rio de Janeiro… Bossa nova evokes a singular atmosphere and images. Born in the 1950s, this unique fusion of samba and jazz charms with its subtle rhythms and sophisticated harmonies, capturing the sunny, languorous spirit of Brazilian culture… As he does every year, composer and conductor Gast Waltzing will invite internationally renowned musicians to explore the frontiers of a musical genre. Brazilian singer Paula Morelenbaum, with the Orchestre national de Jazz Luxembourg, will bring us a parenthesis of warmth and softness in the heart of winter.
Object theatre workshop
Around the show Frankenstein, we are holding two theatre workshops for adults and children.
Workshop for children (aged 10 and over) – 14:00-15:30
Using the contents of a suitcase with various objects (a tree, a house, an armchair, a boat, a lighthouse, etc.), Cyril Briant proposes short exercises involving evocation, manipulation and acting. The workshop begins by opening your eyes to the imaginary, using the objects as a basis, before developing a short sequence on the table.
Workshop for adults – 16:00-17:30
Under the direction of Cyril Briant, participants will use the same objects from the suitcase for more complex theatrical exercises. The emphasis will be on evocation, manipulation and embodiment. This workshop aims to open up the imagination and develop a specific theatrical language through direct exploration and active practice.
Sol Invictus
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.
Dominique toute seule
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Dominique a perdu son emploi puis, progressivement, sa maison. Toute seule sur le bord de la route, elle échoue à l’orée d’un bois. Elle a peur de ne plus exister pour personne, de perdre ses couleurs, puis de disparaître… Et c’est là, dans une nature aux vertus magiques, que Dominique rencontrera d’importants amis comme ce rocher de granit ou ce menhir au pied duquel, plus sereine, elle se reposera au coin du feu. Dominique pourra se laisser porter, éveiller sa curiosité, s’interroger et repartir nourrie de chaleur, d’intensité, de réponses et… de chansons.
Parent-child workshop
Around Viertel vor Nacht, we offer a workshop of games and theatrical improvisations. Parents and children can have fun together and share a moment of creativity and discovery of the theatre.
P’tits brunch du théâtre : on sunday, after or before the performance, have brunch with your kids and take part in a family workshop.
Performance at 11:00 or 15:00
Brunch 12:00 (registration : reservation.theatre@villeesch.lu)
Parent-child workshop 13:00-14:30
En talleres
EN A percussionist and a dancer step into a space filled with ordinary objects, just waiting for an outstretched hand to bring them back to life. These objects become sound, sound becomes music, and music becomes dance. A dance from Andalusia: flamenco! En talleres is a place of possibility, where only creativity matters: a place of experimentation, humor, sleight of hand, footwork and wonder. Ancestral Andalusian magic is at work, and children, under the watchful eye of benevolent artists, let out their first “Olé!”
ES Un percusionista y una bailaora hacen sonar y bailar las cosas, que en este laboratorio cobran vida en nuevos usos. El taller es el espacio de lo posible, donde lo que no existía se hace realidad. Un lugar de dudas, reciclaje, asombro, humor, creación y puesta a punto. De juegos de manos y juegos de pies. Una trastienda escénica, abierta al público, que observa el pasado, el presente y lo que está por venir. Una revisión constante de todo lo que nos mueve y nos conmueve. En talleres niños y mayores vemos cómo el espectáculo nace y se hace.
as part of FlamencoFestival Esch
Heavy Metal
Gone are the long hair, the devilish tattoos and the raised horns. Make way for another form of heavy metal: the tuba. The largest instrument in the orchestra is in the spotlight in this latest concert by the Harmonie municipale d’Esch/Alzette. The Luxembourg Tuba Consortium, invited for the occasion, will showcase the sound, virtuosity and charm of this instrument, designed to blend in with the group, but which has not said its last word in the hands of a soloist.
Viertel vor Nacht
When the night comes, you dream with your eyelids closed… and sometimes even opened! Isn’t it a multicolored rug dancing here? And over there, isn’t it a little thingamabob discreetly floating on stage? What’s sneaking up further away, shy, mysterious, funny and lively? With fabulous visual and sound concepts, the Florschütz & Döhnert company plays with the imagination of young people and adults. A piece of cloth is sometimes enough to reveal fascinating worlds. Worlds between dream and reality in which absurd and surprising beings, yearning for freedom, are endowed with lives of their own that have been unsuspected until now.
P’tits brunch du théâtre : on sunday, after or before the performance, have brunch with your kids and take part in a family workshop.
Performance at 11:00 or 15:00
Brunch 12:00 (to book via reservation.theatre@villeesch.lu)
Parent-child workshop 13:00-14:30
Ima
5 characters appear on stage, their faces visibly marked by old age. Clumsy and rigid at first, this troupe becomes explosive and joyful when the masks come off, literally. Trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York, Sofia Nappi draws on the gaga Israelian technique where, to bring about dancing, the intensity becomes almost animal-like. The energy circulates among the performers, from one to the other in a sensual and intimate impetus based on instinctive listening and letting go. Presented at the Venice Biennale, Ima expresses our desire to reconnect with ourselves and the sweet idea that age is just a number!
Tango workshop
In addition to the show Astor Piazzolla : Tango Passion !, we will be holding a workshop devoted to the emblematic dance of Argentina: the tango. Dancers Dante and Monik Dominguez will guide you through the basics or help you perfect your technique. Classes will be held in French and Spanish, with the possibility of assistance in English.