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Alan Platel & Steven Prengels – Ombra

January 17th – 18th, 2025 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
105 minutes

Between Despair and Mildness

© Koen Broos

‘Never was a shade of a tree so lovely…’, it says in Händel’s famous aria Ombra mai fu. Alain Platel and visual artist Berlinde De Bruyckere take inspiration from the shade of a tree as a meeting place, as a place where people all over the world and throughout history come together to rest, meet or discuss problems. De Bruyckere’s poetic world of images seems to share a kinship with Platel’s universe.

After the overwhelming success of C(H)OEURS 2022, Platel once again invites the chorus members, dancers and orchestral musicians of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen to join a creative dialogue. Together with singer and performer TK Russell and guest choreographers Mélanie Lomoff and Luis Marrafa, they create the performance Ombra. Composer Steven Prengels is developing a new orchestral score in which he interweaves well-known classical masterpieces by the likes of Händel, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven into new layers of meaning.

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Compagnie 111  / Aurélien Bory – invisibili

January 30th – 31st, 2025 Scène nationale d’Orléans, Orléans
February 18th – 19th, 2025 Montpellier Danse, Montpellier
April 2nd – 3rd, 2025 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
70 minutes

Anthem to Life

© Rosellina Garbo

With his Compagnie 111, choreographer and director Aurélien Bory has carved a path as a visionary of spatial poetry and a virtuoso of stagecraft, receiving international acclaim for his mastery in blending diverse performance languages. His 2023 work invisibili is inspired by his encounter with the city of Palermo and The Triumph of Death, an anonymous fresco from the 15th century, in which death strikes everyone without distinction of class, rank, age, or gender. In Bory’s hands, the monumental mural becomes a mesmerising backdrop, wondrously integrated in a profound dialogue with the dancers on stage, where narratives of contemporary relevance, including the plight of migrants and the challenges of illness, take place. Far from being a macabre dance of death, invisibili offers a captivating anthem to life.

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Chunky Move – 4/4

November 15th – 16th, 2024 Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels
November 22nd – 24th, 2024 Dansens Hus, Olso
December 3rd, 2024 PLT Theater, Heerlen
December 6th – 7th, 2024 Teatro Municipal do Porto, Porto
December 10th – 11th, 2024 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
60 minutes

A Uniquely Australian Performance

© Gianna Rizzo

4/4 is Chunky Move’s blueprint for choreographic precision, physical endurance, minimalist design and rugged street aesthetics.

Eight dancers perform a stark symphony of mesmerising movement against the backdrop of minimalist design. As episode after episode builds upon the last, quartets and duets converge and diverge in ever more hypnotic configurations.

Described by audiences as meticulous, mesmerising and exhilarating, and collecting 5- and 4-star reviews and a Green Room award and nomination, 4/4 is a stunning and unrelenting display of Chunky Move Artistic Director Antony Hamilton’s distinctive choreographic language and methodology.

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Amala Dianor – DUB

October 9th – 12th, 2024 Maison de la Danse, Lyon
November 20th – 21st, 2024 L’Empreinte, Brive-la-Gaillarde
November 24th, 2024 L’Archipel, Perpignan
December 11th – 14th, 2024 Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
December 18th, 2024 Le Corum, Montpellier
February 7th, 2025 Le Forum, Fréjus
February 11th – 12th, 2025 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
60 minutes

A Melting Pot
of Urban Dance

© Pierre Gondard

In DUB, Amala Dianor explores how today’s globally connected youth has embraced the legacy of hip-hop culture to forge new choreographic identities. After travelling across continents seeking out the underground world of urban dance and delving into social media where movements are reimagined, extended, and exchanged, the iconic Franco-Senegalese artist has brought together talented dancers from diverse geographical backgrounds, each influenced by a plethora of aesthetics and encompassing different styles, from whacking and dancehall to jookin and pantsula. As they adapt their practices and blend their techniques to connect with each other, they create a space that’s even brighter and freer than their individual realms. Awir Leon’s live music and Grégoire Korganow’s evocative design contribute to the immersive, joyous atmosphere.

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