This show brings together a troupe of eight dancers whose energy is intense and contagious, as is their desire to fight and overcome obstacles. Driven by a taste for play and challenge, the dancers embark on a simulacrum of races and struggles in which they seek to gain the upper hand in order to win and, above all, continue to live. In response to the violence inherent in our humanity, the eight dancers create dance rituals as if they were capsizing, flashing and being struck by lightning.
Cast
Choreography Bouba Landrille Tchouda / Interpretation Aïda Boudrigua, Jeanne Azoulay / En Alternance, Eddy Cadiche, Aurélien Collewet « Biscuit », Aline Corrêa, Sonia Delbost-Henry, Michel « In-Hoon » Galmin, Alexandra Jezouin, Jim Krummenacker / Dramaturgy Olivier Hespel / Scenography Rodrigue Glombard / Light Fabrice Crouzet / Costumes Claude Murgia / Music Yvan Talbot / Broadcast Mitiki – Bertrand Guerry
Coproduction Maison de la danse – Lyon / Mc2 Grenoble / Ccn de Grenoble / Château Rouge Annemasse / Grand Angle Voiron / With the support of Pacifique | Cdc – Grenoble / Le Centre Chorégraphique National de Grenoble dans le cadre de L’accueil Studio 2016, La Spedidam, L’adami / Acknowledgements Centre Culturel L’ilyade – Seyssinet / Espace 600 – Scène Régionale- Grenoble
Photos
Photo credits : Fabrice Hernandez
Presse
‘… An hour of political and committed dance, in which hip-hop, movement and contemporary practice blend organically (…) The violence and movement embodied by the eight dancers respond to the heady electronic sounds. A show you won’t come away unscathed from…’.
Le dauphiné libéré – voiron 23 november 2017
‘… In the gesture of each dancer, there is desire, anger, aggression, passion, frustration… but also a form of resistance to oppression. The bodies on stage have the elegance and dazzle of a boomerang hurled through the air…’.
Prune Vellot, les affiches de grenoble, 27 January 2017
‘… Playing on the discrepancy between gentleness and violence, the dance is often a matter of hand-to-hand combat that is as sudden as it is quickly undone, with sudden impulses and sudden slow-downs. Of course, these uncompromising relationships can be seen as a reflection of our world of sound and fury, where aggression is equalled only by indifference. The movement is inventive and goes far beyond the realms of hip-hop…’.
Agnès Izrine, 1 December 2016, dansercanalhistorique.fr
‘… In a circle or alone, confronting each other or all united in the face of the same danger, the eight performers develop a dance that is both firmly rooted in the ground and extremely light. Their movements are illuminated by reciprocity, in a sequence of scenes that are sometimes aggressive, sometimes more delicate and sensitive. We admire the technique and creativity of these performers, chosen for their personality and their ability to develop original ideas and movements from a theme that could hardly be more hackneyed…’.
Isabelle Calabre, December 2016, ballroom n°12
‘… Bouba Landrille Tchouda remains faithful to his search for a political dance that questions what makes or destroys society. Faithful to what hiphop was at its origins, a dance that leaves room for human expression…’
Martine Pullara, 8 November 2016, lyon capitale