Dance
THE CRYSTAL AND THE SPHERE
ALWIN NIKOLAIS - 22/10/09 - 24/10/09
choreography by Alwin NikolaïsRirie-Woodbury Dance Company[U.S.A.]Alwin Nikolaïs’s The Crystal and the Sphere involves an array of strange and humorous characters woven into a colorful Space Fantasy against vibrant light projections and magical black light images.
POROROCA (création 2009)
LIA RODRIGUES - 17/11/09 - 18/11/09
For 11 dancerschoreography Lia Rodrigues[Brésil]A prominent figure in Brazilian dance, Lia Rodrigues has made the Rio de Janeiro shantytown Maré Favela the home base of her dance company. Her show reflects this experience, via a space that is open to all and where she devotes herself to ...
SHINBAÏ, LE VOL DE L'ÂME
EMMANUELLE HUYNH - 25/11/09 - 01/12/09
concept by Emmanuelle HuynhComposition created for the Ikebana master Seiho Okudaira and the dancer Emmanuelle HuynhFrance and Japan Shinbaï. Like its name, so redolent of the unfamiliar, the word and thing are poetic - the result of a unique confluence of contemporary dance and Ikebana, the ...
H3
BRUNO BELTRÃO - 17/12/09 - 18/12/09
choreography Bruno BeltrãoGrupo de rua[Brésil]After H2, here comes H3, a new "hypothesis in motion" from Bruno Beltrão, and a brilliant danced meditation on hip-hop. During this show, nine dancers alternately sit, stand, remain motionless, move about the stage, and cross each others’ paths, creating a panoply of ...
PARADES & CHANGES, REPLAYS
ANNE COLLOD - 13/01/10 - 14/01/10
Anne Colod’s reinterpretation and restaging of Anna Halprin’s 1965 dance piece Parades & Changes This restaging of Parades & Changes, which was banned in the U.S. for more than two decades for reasons of on-stage nudity, is a rare opportunity to delve into the annals of contemporary dance. ...
ZOOPSIE COMEDI
CIE LOLITA ET BEAU GESTE - 09/02/10 - 09/02/10
Dance and musical revue; new version Choreography by the Lolita and Beau Geste companies Costumes by Christian LacroixArtistic directors Dominique Boivin and Dominique Rebaud As its name suggests, Zoopsie Comedi displays unbridled affection for all forms of popular entertainment.
CRIBLES/LIVE
EMMANUELLE HUYNH - 03/03/10 - 05/03/10
Choreography by Emmanuelle HuynhChoreographed legend for 1000 dancers. Fresh from its triumph at the Montpellier Dance Festival, Cribles brings its 10 dancers to the main stage at Le Quai. In Cribles’ pieces, which are about riddles and secrets, dancers and shadows move through ...
(NOT) A LOVE SONG
ALAIN BUFFARD - 31/03/10 - 01/04/10
concept by Alain Buffardwith Miguel Gutierrez, Vera Mantero, Vincent Ségal, Claudia TriozziIn (Not) a Love Song, Alain Buffard took up the challenge of creating, in a humorous manner, a new theatrical genre - ...
JOURS ÉTRANGES et SO SCHNELL
DOMINIQUE BAGOUET - 27/04/10 - 28/04/10
Choreography by Dominique BagouetBallet du Grand Théâtre de Genève[France and Switzerland] The Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, which is known for its contemporary repertoire, will be presenting a program consisting of Jours Etranges and So Schnell, two key works by Dominique Bagouet and brilliantly interpreted by the ...
POUR EN FINIR AVEC BÉRÉNICE
FAUSTIN LINYEKULA - 12/05/10 - 13/05/10
Artistic director: Faustin Linyekula[Congo] On a split-level set consisting of a dark basement on one level and an old theatre on the other, a group of young African actors decide on the spur of the moment to act out scenes from a book abandoned by the Belgians that ...
VIDÉODANSE
- 25/05/10 - 06/06/10
This indispensable festival will be henceforth be appearing at Le Quai every other year, in alternation with the Schools festival, which is an international festival of dance schools that was inaugurated in 2009. Note: Vidéodanse will be returning to its home venue in Angers in 2010
SACRE - THE RITE OF SPRING
RAIMUND HOGHE - 26/05/10 - 26/05/10
Raimund Hoghe and Lorenzo de BrabandereChoreographer and artistic director: Raimund Hoghe[Germany] "What remains of the Rite of Spring, which has been peformed so often?" Raimund Hoghe wonders in an updated and personal reading of this canonical work of the dance repertoire.
L'APRÈS-MIDI
RAIMUND HOGHE - 28/05/10 - 28/05/10
A solo for Emmanuel EggermontChoreographer and artistic director Raimund Hoghe Being a deeply romantic person, Raimund Hoghe likes nothing better than encountering the Other, as he has done here in this Après-midi (afternoon) with dancer Emmanuel Eggermont.
LE BAL MODERNE
MICHEL REILHAC - 03/06/10 - 03/06/10
Concept by Michel Reilhac, in dialogue with Aymar Crosnier By now it’s become a tradition: the dance season at Le Quai ends with Bal Moderne, a unique event where choreographers teach members of the public the joys of dancing together, thus making this a motion and music dialogue between ...