Rave Lucid
Company Mazelfreten
Rave Lucid is an energetic homage to the electro dance community – also known as “Tecktonik” or “Milky Way” – that developed in the Paris of the 2000s between club culture, the internet and the battle scene. In this work, Mazelfreten, the French ensemble led by choreographers Brandon Masele and Laura Nala Defretin, combines hypnotic group choreographies with the raw power of freestyle. Twelve dancers exhibit extreme precision, synchronicity and powerful presence – while also conveying the freedom and ecstasy that still drive electro dance today. With techno beats, whirling arm movements and clear choreography, Rave Lucid develops an aesthetic between rave, ritual and futuristic body images. The commercialisation of electro dance in the 2000s – often marketed under the label “Tektonik” – is challenged critically without denying the scene’s strength. Rave Lucid is a throbbing collective body, a piece about visibility, community and the desire to create a space through dance – explosive, political and extremely alive.
Duration: approx. 55 minutes
Tip: After the performance, keep dancing at the rave party at 10:00 p.m. in the Kammerspiele foyer.
On October 31 there will be a workshop with members of the Company Mazelfreten.
Notes on content and sensory stimuli: strobe lights, extremely loud music, fog, extreme brightness.
Credits
Choreography: Brandon Miel Masele & Laura Nala Defretin
Performance: Téo Le Mino Cellier, Filipe Filfrap Pereira Silva, Théa X23 Haggiag-Meier, Océane Haja Maréchal, Manuela Emrose Le Daeron, Alice Aliche Lemonnier, Adrien Vexus Larrazet, Marie Mariejuana Levenez, Brandon Miel Masele, Khaled Cerizz Abdulahi
In Rotation: Jonathan Vision Lutumba, Jade Jaddow Mienandi Lighting: Judith Leray
Music: Nikit / Ino & Fille de Minuit
Costumes: Sting Masele & Emma Deat
Production: Cie Mazelfreten
Production & administration manager: Carline De Castro
Distribution: Kinetic (Antonin Coutouly)
In co-production with IADU La Villette, Théâtre de la Ville Danse Élargie, Ballet National de Marseille – (LA) HORDE, DRAC Ile de France, Points Communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise – Val d’Oise, CDLP P. Doussaint GPS&O, DCA Philippe Découflé. With support of MTD d’Epinay, Département Seine Saint-Denis and the Mécénat de la Caisse des Dépôts et de la fondation BNP Paribas.
Currently there are no upcoming performances of this Program.
