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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.

What’s on

Shows — Installations

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, …

  • Giselle…

    Shows - installations

    from February 1, 2023 to February 2, 2023

    Conception : François Gremaud

    François Gremaud presents both a (re)reading and a new per­form­ance of the fam­ous bal­let Gis­elle, as a love let­ter to the per­form­ing arts and the per­formers who make the art form what it is. His joy, exulta­tion and curi­os­ity will be embod­ied …

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  • Et de se tenir la main (Holding Hands)

    Shows - installations

    February 28, 2023

    Conception : Mélanie Perrier

    Mélanie Per­ri­er explores the many mean­ings of the simplest and most uni­ver­sal ges­ture – hold­ing hands – in a lumin­ous and viva­cious cho­reo­graph­ic and music­al piece. A fam­ily-friendly show with and for children.  What do these two men hold­ing hands mean to …

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  • any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones

    Shows - installations

    from March 16, 2023 to March 17, 2023

    Conception : Jan Martens

    For the first time, Bel­gian cho­reo­graph­er Jan Martens presents a wide-scale piece ima­gined for the main stage with an atyp­ic­al corps de bal­let com­posed of 17 unique per­son­al­it­ies with a strong com­mit­ment against oppres­sion and assignations. Any attempt will end in crushed …

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  • Mourn Baby Mourn

    Shows - installations

    from April 4, 2023 to April 5, 2023

    Conception : Katerina Andreou, Associated artist

    In the piece Mourn Baby Mourn, Kater­ina Andreou’s primary mater­i­al is sad­ness and nos­tal­gia. The piece is a solo devised as a dis­tress sig­nal, a vir­u­lent attempt at escap­ing melancholy. Greek cho­reo­graph­er Kater­ina Andreou’s reflec­tion starts with an intim­ate and col­lect­ive feel­ing of …

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  • Calico Mingling, Katema, Reclining Rondo, Particular Reel

    Shows - installations

    from May 3, 2023 to May 4, 2023

    Conception : Lucinda Childs reprised by Ruth Childs

    Cho­reo­graph­er Ruth Childs reprises four per­form­ances cre­ated by her aunt Lucinda Childs in the 1970s, a key moment in the career of a major fig­ure of con­tem­por­ary dance and in the his­tory of dance itself.  Fol­low­ing her ongo­ing trans­mis­sion pro­ject she star­ted …

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  • Trottoir (Sidewalk)

    Shows - installations

    May 11, 2023

    Conception : Volmir Cordeiro

    Cho­reo­graph­er Vol­mir Cordeiro presents the side­walk as a place where everything is pos­sible, where dis­order takes many forms – an expans­ive uni­verse where six per­formers dance with aban­don in a mul­ti­colored, joy­ful and exuber­ant piece.  A play­ground where the rule would be to …

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  • Les Baigneurs (Bathers)

    Shows - installations

    May 13, 2023

    Conception : Clédat & Petitpierre

    At once a mov­ing sculp­ture, a del­ic­ate per­form­ance and a slow cho­reo­graphy, Les Baigneurs (Bathers) infuses space with poetry and oneir­ic ges­tures – anoth­er pace and oth­er col­ors in the atmo­sphere of an ideal summer.  Under the Fal­aise sky, Yvan Clédat and Coco …

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  • Les Mariés, même (Bride and Groom, Same)

    Shows - installations

    May 18, 2023

    Conception : Clédat & Petitpierre

    In a park, five new­ly­wed pairs wander around wear­ing tuxedos and white dresses and pos­ing for an invis­ible pho­to­graph­er. A piece which sub­verts the codes of wed­ding pho­to­graphy in a sur­pris­ing performance.  It is a quite usu­al sight on a beau­ti­ful Spring day – some­thing …

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  • gr oo ve + Odd Meters

    Shows - installations

    June 14, 2023

    Conception : Soa Ratsifandrihana — Mikko Niemistö

    Two soli for an even­ing of cho­reo­graph­ic con­ver­sa­tion, between dif­fer­ent styles and eras for g r oo v e, which bor­rows, samples and revis­its, and between move­ments and rhythms for Odd Meters, which fol­lows the sinu­ous tempo of dreams. g r oo v e …

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