ACID GEMS DE A. LINDER + A FOLIA DE M. DA SILVA FERREIRA

Acid Gems // Choreography - Adam Linder | Musical creation - Billy Bultheel

a Folia // Choreography - Marco da Silva Ferreira | Musical creation - Luis Pestana

For this program, which inaugurates Maud Le Pladec's new direction, you'll find two outstanding pieces from the company's repertoire in an evening that will showcase the talent of the 24 performers of the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine.

On the one hand, Australian Adam Linder presents Acid Gems, a form that explores the possible encounter between dances, styles and influences, letting them brush against each other and cross paths, to reveal as much as possible their porosity, their fragility, and the poetry that flows from it. Inspired by Balanchine's Les Joyaux, which paid homage to three great schools of classical dance (French, Russian and American) and their respective specificities, Adam Linder examines the vocabulary of ballet, to better observe its possible evolutions and its anchorage in the contemporary.

Then, with a Folia, Marco da Silva Ferreira explores the notion of ecstasy, the joy and trance that emerge from a moment of dance shared by a group. In Portugal, folia is a fast-paced, playful 15th-century folk dance originally performed by shepherds. The historical traces that mention it all speak of a festive atmosphere where everyone lets loose completely, free from social conventions linked to gender or class. It's this idea that interests the Portuguese choreographer, who seeks to translate it by mirroring Portuguese folia with the nightclub dances of our time.

Prices according to placement:
Category 1 - €35 standard / €26 concessions
Category 2 - €25 regular / €18 concessions
Category 3 - €17 regular / €12 reduced

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