Alban Richard
Past seasons
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Nombrer les étoiles
Past seasons
from March 8, 2016 to January 10, 2019
Conception : Alban Richard with Alla francesca ensemble
Created in : les 8 & 9 mars 2016 et 11 mars 2016
Creation place : Théâtre 71 — scène nationale de Malakoff et au Théâtre Paul Eluard (tpe) — scène conventionnée de Bezons
Nombrer les étoiles is an immersion into a form specific to the Middle Ages, the ballad, a literary and musical genre of great sensitivity. The danced song, an ancestor of kinds to the pop song, contains several stanzas, a chorus but also plenty …
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Les estoiles nombrer
Past seasons
from April 17, 2016 to April 29, 2020
Conception : Alla francesca and Alban Richard
Created in : 17 et 18 avril 2016
Creation place : Musée de Cluny — musée national du Moyen-Age, Paris
“Nes qu’on porroit les estoiles nombrer” [If we could count the stars] Inspired by this ballad for three voices by Guillaume de Machaut (1300−1377), this piece features excerpts from a new project based on the meeting of two languages that have nothing …
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Pléiades
Past seasons
from June 24, 2011 to September 28, 2017
Conception : Alban Richard with Percussions de Strasbourg
Created in : 24 juin 2011
Creation place : l’Agora, Cité internationale de la danse, Festival Montpellier Danse
Composed by Iannis Xenakis, Pléiades was originally a commission from the City of Strasbourg in 1979 for the Percussions de Strasbourg and the Ballet du Rhin. Having now become a key reference in contemporary music, the work has been performed in concert …