Kalamata Archives - Dancephere

June 21st – 22nd, 2025 Den Norske Opera & Ballett, Oslo
July 26th, 2025 Kalamata International Dance Festival, Kalamata
July 28th & 30th, 2025 ImPulsTanz, Vienna
September 24th – 25th, 2025 Bærum Kulturhus, Sandvika
60 minutes

Damien Jalet’s Triptych

The triple bill Thrice consists of the three pieces Gusts, Médusés, and Brise-lames.

Gusts, the first section, is about air—breath and movement – and pays homage to the force that carries us. With live music by saxophonist Bendik Giske, Gusts becomes a dialogue between body and sound, highlighting the tension between gravity and centripetal force.

Médusés, the second chapter, takes its cue from the myth of Medusa and the idea of being petrified by a gaze. Here, bodies resist – between rigidity and fluidity, the individual and the collective.

Brise-lames, the final part, transports us underwater. Created in collaboration with artist JR and Japanese pianist Koki Nakano, this piece, which has only been available to the public as a film directed by Louise Narboni in close collaboration with Damien Jalet, will now be performed live for the first time. The movements here are slow – like a ship approaching shore, or waves reaching land.

Thrice is a work in constant motion – a story of bodies attempting not to solidify. This project has allowed Damien Jalet to return to the founding principles of his work, a minimalist exploration of movement. His more recent creations have operated on a very grand scale, with ambitious scenography and apparatus. In Thrice, complexity lies elsewhere: in the movements, lights and sound, and in the search of how combination, association and repetition might generate new emotions.

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Harmony, Precision, Cohesion

A body that is outwardly still and inwardly vibrating – what processes does the energy undergo before it breaks through? How does it change when the body matures?

In his new production Mellowing, Christos Papadopoulos embarks on his inaugural collaboration with the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble. Together they create a lively restlessness, a permanent vibration in which the spectator is inevitably involved.

Christos Papadopoulos’ works are fed by an intensely observant approach to movement and often unfold a lively and meditative power. His attention is focused on the minimal shifts of perception, the perpetual, often unnoticed and yet powerful movements that are ever-present in nature, in everyday life, within physical phenomena and political contexts.