Dance
from age 10
from age 10
Emilio Calcagno's energetic arrival at the helm of the Opéra Grand Avignon ballet has not gone unnoticed, bringing a breath of fresh air to this great neo-classical corps de ballet.
In Storm, inspired by mythological tales of the flood, the dancers are at grips with a partner rarely invited onto theatre stages: the wind.
The Sicilian choreographer invents a style of disturbance.
7 powerful industrial fans put the ballet's classicism to the test.
In variable geometries, the 14 dancers confront jumps and points with a more contemporary grammar.
A former dancer with the Prejlocaj ballet, Emilio Calcagno constructed this piece empirically, experimenting with the wind and its modulations. The idea was not to constantly fight against the wind but to bring new physical forces into play: the wind brakes, unbalances, envelops...
This constraint gives rise to a new kind of movement that multiplies references to the past and to electro pop culture, never shying away from mixing genres in the service of a message that is always breathtaking and insanely powerful.
Distribution
choreography Emilio Calgano original music Mathieu Rosso & Denis Guivarch sets and lighting Hugo Oudin costumes Atelier Opéra Grand Avignon dancers Lucie-Mei Chuzel, Aurélie Garros, Clarissa Jackson, Anastasia Korabov, Marion Moreul, Ebony Murray, Arnaud Bajolle, Sylvain Bouvier, Allan Gereaud, Joffray Gonzalez, Leo khébizi, Kiryl Matantsau, Ari soto
In Storm, inspired by mythological tales of the flood, the dancers are at grips with a partner rarely invited onto theatre stages: the wind.
The Sicilian choreographer invents a style of disturbance.
7 powerful industrial fans put the ballet's classicism to the test.
In variable geometries, the 14 dancers confront jumps and points with a more contemporary grammar.
A former dancer with the Prejlocaj ballet, Emilio Calcagno constructed this piece empirically, experimenting with the wind and its modulations. The idea was not to constantly fight against the wind but to bring new physical forces into play: the wind brakes, unbalances, envelops...
This constraint gives rise to a new kind of movement that multiplies references to the past and to electro pop culture, never shying away from mixing genres in the service of a message that is always breathtaking and insanely powerful.
Distribution
choreography Emilio Calgano original music Mathieu Rosso & Denis Guivarch sets and lighting Hugo Oudin costumes Atelier Opéra Grand Avignon dancers Lucie-Mei Chuzel, Aurélie Garros, Clarissa Jackson, Anastasia Korabov, Marion Moreul, Ebony Murray, Arnaud Bajolle, Sylvain Bouvier, Allan Gereaud, Joffray Gonzalez, Leo khébizi, Kiryl Matantsau, Ari soto
