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.
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
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05
CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
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06
CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
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07
CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
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08
CRÉATION - Opéra, Nancy 12:00 am
September 2015
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22
Théâtre de Cornouaille, scène nationale de Quimper 12:00 am
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23
Théâtre de Cornouaille, scène nationale de Quimper 12:00 am
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25
Les Quinconces-L'espal, Le Mans 12:00 am
January 2016
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13
Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am
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14
Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am
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15
Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris 12:00 am
April 2016
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29
Scène nationale, Orléans 12:00 am
February 2017
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07
Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
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09
Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
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10
Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
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12
Joyce Theater, New York City (USA) 12:00 am
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22
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (USA), White Bird Festival 12:00 am
March 2017
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08
CCN - Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy 8:00 pm
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21
Le Rive Gauche - scène conventionnée danse, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray 8:30 pm