Le Grand Bal spreads a mysterious choreographic fever that makes 10 urban dancers pulsate. A way of setting in motion again bodies brought to a standstill by the pandemic and contemporary crises.
People were hoping for change and fresh impetus, but the post-Covid world has brought nothing new. Even worse, inequality has deepened and minds are increasingly under pressure, grappling with a crisis of multiple dimensions: economic, political, social and ecological. When immobility and isolation permeate bodies, how can they can be set in motion again? Compagnie Dyptik, which is keen to treat our era’s problems on stage, attempts to answer this question through a piece of narrative dance. From shadows to light, 10 dancers with constrained bodies seem afflicted by a mysterious illness – a choreographic fever strangely reminiscent of the dancing epidemics in centuries past. Author-choreographer duo Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari, who come from the hip hop scene and carry within them the fury of its battles, invite bodies to stage a revolt. Sometimes, to break free, they have no choice but to start dancing.
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Audience
For age 12 and over
Duration
01:00
In Lyon metropolitan area
Caluire-et-Cuire
In Rhone-Alpes region
Villefranche-sur-Saône
Credits
Piece for 10 performers - 2023
Choreography Souhail Marchiche, Mehdi Meghari Performers Mounir Amhiln, Charly Bouges, Yohann Daher, Nicolas Grosclaude, Hava Hudry, Beatrice Mognol, Carla Munier, Davide Salvadori, Alice Sundara, Julie Vivès Music design Patrick De Oliveira Light design Richard Gratas Costume design Hannah Daugreilh & Sandra Bersot Stage design Hannah Daugreilh
Coproduction La Compagnie Dyptik, Les Studios Dyptik, Maison de la danse & Biennale de la Danse de Lyon 2023, Amman Contemporary Dance Festival, IADU La Villette, Stora Teatern – Goteborg, CCN Du Havre – Cie Massala, Théâtre de Cusset, Théâtre des Bergeries - Noisy-le-Sec, La Comédie - CDN de Saint-étienne, Théâtre Jean Lurçat – Scène nationale d'Aubusson, Domaine De Bayssan – Béziers, Centre Culturel Athena - La Ferté Bernard, Théâtre Du Parc – Andrézieux-Bouthéon, L'Avant-Seine - Colombes With support from La DRAC, La Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Le Département de la Loire, La Ville de Saint-Étienne
La Compagnie Dyptik is an associate artist of the Théâtre De Cusset, Le Théâtre des Bergeries – Noisy-le-Sec
Maison de la danse/Pôle européen de création coproduction, in support of the Biennale de la danse
Co-hosted with the Radiant-Bellevue
Associated show(s)
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Le Radiant-Bellevue
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