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Témoin (Witness)

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Témoin (Witness)

A cho­reo­graph­er trained in hip-hop dance, Saïdo Lehlouh works on syn­er­gies between indi­vidu­als and the group, in an effer­ves­cent piece for 20 dancers.

Enhan­cing the pres­ence, stor­ies, and indi­vidu­al styles with­in the group, act­ing as a bene­vol­ent wit­ness to those who com­pose and change it, is the thread that Saïdo Lehlouh has been fol­low­ing for years with a piece based on research that has taken many dif­fer­ent forms. Now embod­ied by 20 per­formers of vari­ous ages and back­grounds, most of them self-taught, who are pacing a stage bathed in opaque light, Témoin pays sin­cere atten­tion to each person’s jour­ney and to the dances of the mar­gins, whose traces emerge vividly in vibrant solos and duets. Set to a soundtrack that pays trib­ute to the hey­day of 1990s hip-hop, the piece plays on the back-and-forth between indi­vidu­al per­form­ances and impro­visa­tions and the fluc­tu­at­ing move­ments of the group, in an atmo­sphere of listen­ing and emu­la­tion. It is an invig­or­at­ing and incis­ive way to pay trib­ute to the richly diverse his­tory of hip-hop.

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Cast

A piece for 20 dancers
Cho­reography Saï­do Lehlouh
Assis­tants to the cho­reo­graph­er Meh­di Baki, Evan Gree­na­way, Karim Khoua­der aka Karim KH
Dan­cers (2 teams of 20 per­form­ance, altern­at­ing) Ndo­ho Ange, Meh­di Baki, Ilyess Bena­li aka Pock­et, Kaê Brown Car­val­ho, Hugo Bur­tel, Audric Chau­vin, Loren­zo Da Sil­va Dasse aka Ds, Suz­anne Degen­na­ro, Mari­na de Reme­dios, Hugo De Vath­aire, Jer­son Dia­so­na­ma, Sofi­ane « Double So » El Bou­kha­ri, Dylan Eusebe aka Buzz From Plu­to, Chris Far­geot, Johan­na Faye, Evan Gree­na­way, Théo­do­ra Guer­mon­prez, Lin­da Hay­ford, Alia­sh­ka Hil­sum, Mar­vin Kemat aka Zulu, Karim Khoua­der aka Karim KH, Kïne aka Young Wrest­ler, Odile Lacides, Oscar Las­sus dit Lay­us, Timo­thée Lejo­li­vet aka Timo, Amiel Mam­pouya aka El mie­lo, Anaïs Mau­ri aka Silent, Mulu­nesh aka Wrest­ler X, Mou­nia Nas­san­gar, Émi­lie Oue­drao­go Spen­cer aka Woun­ded, Filipe Fran­cis­co Per­ei­ra Sil­va, Math­i­as Ras­sin aka Thi­as, Math­ieu Ras­sin aka Thieu, Mat­téo Raoe­li­son aka Rao, Lumi Sow, Raphaël Sto­ra, Timotkn, Cla­risse Tognel­la, Loren­zo « Sweet » Vays­sière, Aisi Zhou aka Joyce

Une créa­tion de la Cie Black Sheep
Pro­duc­tion : Col­lec­tif FAIR‑E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne
Copro­duc­tion : Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bern­hardt (Par­is), Théâtre Natio­nal de Bre­tagne (Rennes), Mai­son de la Danse (Lyon), Le Cra­tère, scène natio­nale d’Alès, Char­le­roi Danse, centre cho­ré­gra­phique de Wal­lo­nie (Bruxelles), Châ­teau Rouge (Anne­masse), tanz­haus nrw (Düs­sel­dorf).
Accueil en rési­dence : Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bern­hardt (Par­is) – Espace Car­din, Théâtre natio­nal de Bre­tagne – salle Gabi­ly (Rennes), CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne.
Créa­tion le 1er fév­ri­er 2024 au Théâtre Natio­nal de Bre­tagne, Rennes
Pro­jet label­li­sé par Par­is 2024 dans le cadre de l’Olympiade culturelle.

Partnerships

With Comédie de Caen – CDN de Normandie

BORD DE SCÈNE
Meet the team after the per­form­ance on Wed­nes­day, Janu­ary 21 

Where and when

January 2026

  • 21
    Comédie de Caen – Théâtre d’Hérouville 8:00 pm
  • 22
    Comédie de Caen – Théâtre d’Hérouville 8:00 pm