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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Botero en Orient

Taoufiq Izeddiou, Anania-Danses

11 > 14.12.2019
Dance – Troika

Botero en orient is an ode to the body and its curves. Freed from the diktat of thin shapes imposed in the world of dance, this body presents itself unvarnished, surprising the spectator with its opulence. Dance is no longer held hostage by a specific idea of performance. Here it is essentially poetic, sensual, authentic.

The painter Botero’s work is implicit but the show also invokes Picasso with the Cubist set elements that complement the dancers. And the journey doesn’t end there: it opens the doors to the Orient with the voice of Moroccan singer Fatima Ezzahra Nadifi, and the sublime words of Lebanese painter and poet Etel Adnan (To Be in a Time of War). Troubling words, that cut both ways. We think they are about food addiction, whereas they are really talking about war and chaos.

Confronting and confounding, Botero reminds us of the passage of time, that time does its job on the bodies of not only dancers, but everyone. Why fight the inevitable as long as our creative energy persists? At 43 Taoufiq Izeddiou accepts this corporeal transformation. In fact, he asserts it and uses it as a source of inspiration. “Live, dance” he seems to whisper to us, since there is yet still time.

Calendar

  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15
  • - 20:15

    Discussion "Rencontre Constructeurs d’Histoires" after show with Taoufiq IZEDDIOU

Information

Venue

Grande Salle

Duration

60’

Surrounding the show

14.12.2019 - Discussion "Rencontre Constructeurs d’Histoires" after show with Taoufiq IZEDDIOU

Cast

Premiere
20.02.2019 - Le Tarmac, Paris

 

Concept & Choreography
Taoufiq Izeddiou

With
Essiane Kaïsha
Karine Girard
Marouane Mezouar
Taoufiq Izeddiou

Recorded vocals
Fatima Ezzahra Nadifi

Dramaturgical documentation
Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi

Lighting design
Lea Schneidermann

Sound design
Said Ait El Moumen
Taoufiq Izeddiou

Costume Design
Équipe artistique de la création

Text extract
“Au cœur du cœur d’un autre pays / In the heart of the heart of another country”
With kind permission of the author Etel Adnan

Production
Anania-Danses
Taoufiq Izeddiou

Co-production
Festival de Marseille – danse et arts multiples, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), C’est Central (La Louvière), Arab Arts Focus avec l’aide de Studio Emad Eddin Stiftelsen et la Fondation Ford (Le Caire), Le Pôle Arts de la Scène (Marseille), Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (DRAC), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA), Centre chorégraphique national de Franche-Comté à Belfort- Via Danse, Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune- Aix en Provence, L’uZine (Casablanca). Developped in Co-laBo (Gand)

ith the support of
Wallonie-Bruxelles International

Thanks
L’équipe des ballets C de la B, Radio 2 Oost Vlaanderen, la Délégation générale Wallonie-Bruxelles à Rabat, l’Institut français de Marrakech et Nourredine Amir

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