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CANCELLATION: As part of the mobilization against the pension reform, the public opening of Latifa Laâbissi and Antonia Baehr around their next creation "Colors and Numbers" will not take place on Thursday March 23 at 7 p.m.

HOK – solo pour ensemble

Commissioned work

HOK solo pour ensemble is a cho­reo­graph­ic piece devised in rela­tion to the Hoketus par­ti­tion com­posed by Louis Andriessen.
Ener­get­ic, bru­tal and hyp­not­ic, the music of Hoketus seems to have roots in hard rock and Strav­in­sky. Louis Andriessen speaks of Hoketus as a gigant­ic, dan­cing human machine. Two identic­al sets of musi­cians con­front each oth­er on oppos­ite sides of the stage fol­low­ing the medi­ev­al music­al tech­nique of the hock­et. The word “hock­et” appeared at the begin­ning of the four­teenth cen­tury, deriv­ing from the ono­ma­to­poeia “hok”, express­ing a sound of a blow. The term first meant shock or blow.
The impulses and rhythms put into play make this min­im­al­ist score a fas­cin­at­ing work. From his first pieces, Alban Richard had an abil­ity to mould bod­ies so as to make their strata swell and over­lap, burst bubbles, and bring out rhythms.
For this pro­duc­tion at the CCN — Bal­let de Lor­raine, he cre­ated a solo for an ensemble. Thus, the mass of the bal­let forms a unique and poly­morph­ous body.
Inter­weav­ing with the music of Louis Andriessen, HOK solo pour ensemble is a piece with a strong energy, in which the rhythm spreads from body to body.

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Cast

Devised and cho­reo­graphed by
Alban Richard

Assist­ant choreographer
Max Fossati

Music
Hoketus / Louis Andriessen

Light­ing design
Valérie Sig­ward

Cos­tumes
Cor­ine Petitpierre

Coaches
Valérie Fer­rando and Thomas Caley

Per­formers
12 dan­cers from the CCN – Bal­let de Lorraine

Exec­ut­ive pro­duced CCN – Bal­let de Lorraine
Co-pro­duced by Théâtre Nation­al de Chaillot

History

March 2015

  • 05
    CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
  • 06
    CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
  • 07
    CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
  • 08
    CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am

September 2015

  • 22
    Théâtre de Cornouaille, scène nationale de Quimper 12:00 am
  • 23
    Théâtre de Cornouaille, scène nationale de Quimper 12:00 am
  • 25
    Les Quinconces-L'espal, Le Mans 12:00 am

January 2016

  • 13
    Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am
  • 14
    Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am
  • 15
    Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am

April 2016

  • 29
    Scène nationale, Orléans 12:00 am

February 2017

  • 07
    Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
  • 09
    Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
  • 10
    Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
  • 12
    Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
  • 22
    The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (USA), White Bird Festival 12:00 am

March 2017

  • 08
    CCN - Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy 8:00 pm
  • 21
    Le Rive Gauche - scène conventionnée danse, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray 8:30 pm