LDTX Theater Presents

2024 Dance Trio

LAC 

Leon

Leon is about happiness.

Choreography

Laura AREND

Music

Arnaud BACHARACH

Lighting

Jean-Yves BECK 

Costume

Laura AREND

Dancers

Océane TORRENT-ROBIN, Mathilde PLATEAU, Alizée DUVERNOIS, Adrien DELEPINE, Esteban APPESSECHE

Choreographer Introduction

Laura AREND joined the Conservatory of Lyon (CNSMDL), then the Jeune Ballet.  In 2009, she was accepted into Merce Cunningham Studio in New York and later joined the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) in Israel. 

AREND has choreographed works for LAC with: Yama, Five, Anna, Yiro, Midas and Leon.  She was commissioned to create short pieces for the Jeune Ballet Europe and Aquitaine, the Conservatory of Amiens, and by the Tel-Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art to create a performance to mark the centenary of the Dada movement. 

 In 2023, Laura took part in the evening curated by Kammertballetten, and shared an evening with Paul LIGHTFOOT and Ella ROTSHCILD. 

In parallel with her choreographic work, AREND makes herself available for various projects.  She dances in Valérie DONZELLI's feature film Notre Dame (2019) and took part in various events of the Opéra National de Paris under the direction of Dimitri CHAMBLAS and poses for the editorial of Gala Magazine. She collaborated with La Horde for the runway of Isabel MARANT during Paris Fashion Week, and performed under the choreography of Jill CROVISIER and Axelle LAGIER. 

AREND is the founder of Gala Hope, a charity dance gala.  And most recently, she created a solo piece, Magnus, for Marie-Agnes GILLOT.

Company Introduction

LAC is a contemporary dance company based between France and Luxembourg, under the artistic direction of Laura AREND. 

The company's creations are the result of the impact of reality in the space of performance. Through committed, demanding dance and sensitive virtuosity of the body, the choreographer summons our collective cultural memory. The experience of a physical and metaphorical journey is central to her choreographic work. 

Laura AREND pursues her commitment to socio-cultural issues by reinforcing on stage the status of the emancipated, free and powerful woman.

Supported by The French Embassy in China.

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Cie7273

Tarab

A gigantic spinal column blows like grass in the wind, fanning the dancers across the stage.  We gaze upon the heart of Tarab, this ductile calligraphy, alive and spreading in the background, now unfolding into two continuous, rhythmic lines of lingering, magnetic agitation.  

What follows is an uninterrupted choreographic phrase in continual metamorphosis. It avoids accented beats, favoring the transitions between fluid patterns and forms with a certain mysterious quality. 

In the wake of the sextet Nil (Swiss Dance and Choreography Award 2011) and its effervescent undulation of flowing bodies, Tarab unveils ten dancers in striking combinations. 

It calls to mind the DNA of our shared humanity as much as the cultural jigsaw puzzle unfurling in the hybrid choreographic grammar of Laurence YADI and Nicolas CANTILLON.

Choreography & Concept

Laurence YADI, Nicolas CANTILLON

Artistic Collaboration

Sir Richard BISHOP, Nicolas FIELD, Graziella JOUAN

Music

Jacques MANTICA

Lighting

Patrick RIOU

Re-Lighting

Etienne, Michel MOREL

Costume

Olga KONDRACHINA

Dancers

Aline LOPES, Nicolas CANTILLON, Ana Isabel CASTRO, Ryan DJOJOKARSO, Karima EL AMRANI, Victoria HOYLAND, Margaux MONETTI, Laurence YADI, Mauricio ZÚÑIGA, Luc BÉNARD

Choreographer Introduction

Since the creation of Compagnie 7273 (2003), Laurence YADI and Nicolas CANTILLON have developed a dance style that invites the body to continuously and endlessly unravel.  

Their research is inspired by the specific Arabic music system of Maqâm. Each maqam describes a «tonal-spatial factor» or a set of musical notes and the relationship between them. 

It allows the musician to play in-between the notes and gives him the opportunity to express himself.

Named Multi styles Fuitt Fuitt by the choreographers themselves, the transfer of

this technique into the body ables the movements to weave into each other in a

wavy, spiraled and hypnotic dance. Throughout their career, Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon created about 20 pieces: from silent ones to danced-concerts, from duets to group pieces, all of which they toured internationally (Africa, Asia, United-states, Europe, Middle-East, North Africa and Russia).

Company Introduction

Laurence YADI and Nicolas CANTILLON founded Dance Compagnie 7273 in Geneva in 2003. Laurence Yadistudies sport before getting involved into dance. Nicolas Cantillon was a rockmusician and then started a second career as dancer and performer. Afterdancing with different contemporary dance companies, both artists met in Geneva and created Compagnie 7273 in 2003. 

Their first piece “La vision du lapin” had an immediate success. Today the two choreographers realized some 12 choreographies and 3 films, including a new version of Stravimsk’s ballet Petrouchka for the Geneva Opera Ballet in October2011. 

The piecehas been created in 2009 and it has beenstaged some 50 times in mayor theatres and festivals around the world, including Europe, South-Africa and the USA. Compagnie 7273 works with thesupport of the City of Geneva, the Republic and Canton of Geneva and Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council.

Supported by Pro Helvetia Shanghai, the Swiss Arts Council

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PCK Dance

Image

What lies beneath our connection with another human, and in particular, what is the hidden voice that shares the truth of this connection? Are we truly ourselves or are we simply constructed through another, darker influence?

Imago interrogates the nature of the human condition seen from the perspective of the hidden dysfunctions in relationships, experienced in various intoxications that alter, shape and deform the self as well as our relationships. 

The toxic natures that we exhibit are represented through floral symbolism inspired by the historical 'Language of Flowers'. The white pillars on which the bouquets are arranged create ever-changing visual architectures as the couple navigate their internal landscapes and interactions.

Imago reflects on a universal condition that we all experience to varying degrees, and on the progression of our being towards fulfillment and autonomy.

Choreography & Performance

Travis CLAUSEN-KNIGHT, James PETT

Music

Sean PETT

Costume

Travis CLAUSEN-KNIGHT

Images

Erminando ALIAJ

Company /Choreographer Introduction

James PETT & Travis CLAUSEN-KNIGHT accomplished choreographers and dancers who has founded the PCK Dance.   thewith careers in Company Wayne McGregor, Michael Clarke Company & Richard Alston Dance Company. 

Renowned for their provocative and intensely powerful movement language, PETT and CLAUSEN-KNIGHT focus on the intricacies of the human experience, creating poignant & thought-provoking works that resonate deeply on a personal & emotional level.

PCK Dance tours globally in festivals such as Florence Dance Festival and the Greater Bay Festival (China). With a repertoire of over 15 works, including short and full-length productions. 

They also create for dance companies and production houses worldwide, most recently of a commissioned piece for the Bangkok City Ballet, which received special awards from the British Council of Thailand and the B. Grim Foundation.

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