The creative project of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie couldn’t be as broad and diverse as it is without the support and diversity of our partners with whom we work in constant collaboration to program pieces together or support projects that mean a lot to us. We thank them for their commitment towards dance and their understanding of the fact that a partnership has to evolve with each piece and each artist. The diversity of our partnerships in the artistic and cultural field and the variety of social issues we engage with allow us to deploy our activities in a variety of ways – through senses, political action, knowledge, …
What’s on
Shows — Installations
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Faits et gestes
Shows - installations
January 10, 2024
Conception : Noé Soulier
With Faits et gestes, Noé Soulier’s writing unfolds in a kaleidoscope of lively movements, echoing the Baroque music played on stage by harpsichordist Maude Gratton. Four performers embody this fragmented vocabulary for a performance that is both highly written and open to …
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Gentle Unicorn
Shows - installations
February 21, 2024
Conception : Chiara Bersani
Alone on stage, Italian choreographer and dancer Chiara Bersani explores the fantastical figure of the unicorn. A delicate, subtle reflection on the body and otherness. The unicorn is singular in the sense that it is a mythological creature without myth, without anything …
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Temps de Baleine
Shows - installations
March 12, 2024
Conception : Jonas Chéreau
With Temps de Baleine, dancer-choreographer Jonas Chéreau adapts his first solo for younger audiences. A burlesque and poetic “meteodance” to take the temperature of our moods. In 2019, Jonas Chéreau created Baleine, a solo on climate change, imagining a danced meteorological study in which …
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Contes Immoraux – Part 1 : Maison Mère
Shows - installations
from March 20, 2024 to March 21, 2024
Conception : Phia Ménard et Jean-Luc Beaujault
Alone on stage, Phia Ménard arms herself with courage, determination and tape to build a house out of cardboard. Her performance is marked by an impressive tension between the body and the elements, casting her as a modern Athena. For the past …
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L’homme rare
Shows - installations
June 4, 2024
Conception : Nadia Beugré
In a single movement, Ivorian choreographer Nadia Beugré both offers up and conceals from view the naked bodies of five dancers. A daring and radical play on perception and representation. Who is this rare man, to whom Nadia Beugré dedicates the setting …
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Bless This Mess
Shows - installations
September 25, 2024
Conception : Katerina Andreou
For her first group piece, Katerina Andreou – who is associate artist with the ccncn – finds her impetus in the confusion and constant noise of the world. From this mental and emotional state emerge play, absurdity, fiction and poetry. …
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Not Here – extended
Shows - installations
November 5, 2024
Conception : Florentin Ginot, Katerina Andreou, Emmanuelle Huynh
Double bass player Florentin Ginot is a composer associated with the Caen ccn; he has conceived Not Here – extended as a staged concert where music, space, light and dance interact, in collaboration with choreographers Katerina Andreou and Emmanuelle Huynh. Created by …
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BIG PARTY
Shows - installations
November 8, 2024
The ccn continues its tradition of the Big Party, one of the highlights of autumn in Caen, where dance brings together artists, teams and audiences. At the heart of this celebration of sharing and transmission, Katerina Andreou will present two …
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Eye of the Storm
Shows - installations
November 21, 2024
Conception : Rachid Ouramdane & Seiko Dance Company
Inspired by the unpredictable flight of flocks of birds, Rachid Ouramdane brings order and chaos to the stage. A hypnotic kaleidoscope, embodied by the Lithuanian performers of the Seiko Dance Company. Created in 2021 as part of the Franco-Lithuanian cooperation project …
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Flocking
Shows - installations
November 23, 2024
Conception : Joanne Leighton & Seiko Dance Company
Inspired by photos of crowds around the world, Joanne Leighton has created a visual score for the Seiko Dance Company, embodying and deploying a shared vocabulary of jubilation, protest, ritual and dance. Belgian choreographer Joanne Leighton has been collecting photographs of crowds from …
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Los inescalables Alpes
Shows - installations
December 17, 2024
Conception : María del Mar Suárez / La Chachi
Accompanied on stage by musicians, a singer and a choir, Spanish dancer María del Mar Suárez revisits flamenco, incorporating krump in particular. A powerful show based on improvisation and conceived as a path to the salvation of the body. Flamenco singing and music first occupy …