Contre-nature
Rachid Ouramdane
In Contre-nature, Rachid Ouramdane fuses dance and acrobatics into a breathtaking play between grounding and levitation. Together with ten performers from the Compagnie de Chaillot — each with diverse dance and acrobatic backgrounds — he creates a powerful choreography in which bodies do not only dance, but also fly, fall, and catch one another.
Between heavy groundedness and airy ecstasy, a tension emerges that leads deep within — to images of childhood, aging, loss, and the traces others leave within us. Contre-nature explores our relationship to this inner landscape of memories. Amidst fog, projected light images, and ever-shifting rhythms, Ouramdane creates a sensual field of energy where the language of contemporary dance and that of the new circus merge.
A fast-paced and poetic journey through memory and the present — and a tribute to human connectedness in its vulnerable beauty.
© Patrick Imbert
Credits
Choreography: Rachid Ouramdane
Music: Jean-Baptiste Julien
Lighting: Stéphane Graillot
Set Design: Sylvain Giraudeau
Video: Jean-Camille Goimard
Costume Design: Siegrid Petit-Imbert
Voice-over in German: Lucie Grunstein
Photos: Patrick Imbert
With 10 performers from the Compagnie de Chaillot: Joaquín Bravo, Lorenzo Dasse, Clotaire Fouchereau, Löric Fouchereau, Peter Freeman, Maria Celeste Mendozi, Mayalen Otondo, Lucas Tissot, Aure Wachter, Owen Winship
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse — With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels — Co-production: Bonlieu–Scène Nationale d’Annecy; Maison de la danse, Lyon – Pôle européen de création; National Theater & Concert Hall (Taipei); Théâtre de Caen; MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène nationale — With the voice of Ael Ouramdane Melscoët and with the on-screen participation of Anton Ouramdane Melscoët — This performance is dedicated to Farid Ouramdane
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