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La création du monde

Faustin Linyekula, CCN - Ballet de Lorraine

The influential Ballet Suédois shot to fame in the Europe of the early 1920’s with their avant-garde productions. In 1923 they staged La création du monde, a ‘fantaisie négrico-cubiste’ about the creation of the world according to African and Afro-American mythologies. The work was reconstituted by Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer, famed for their reconstructions of the great ballets of the early 20th century. Invited by the Ballet de Lorraine, Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula transformed the original piece into a work that accommodates both the original Western version and his ‘African response’. Fabrizio Cassol, who previously arranged music by Monteverdi and Bach for Alain Platel, has written the music. 

dates

Wed June 13 2012 10:15 PM

Thu June 14 2012 10:15 PM

information

  • Duration of performance unknown (zonder pauze)

  • © Els De Nil

  • © Els De Nil

  • © Els De Nil

  • © Veronique Evrard Photographe

  • © Veronique Evrard Photographe

credits

set Jean-Christophe Lanquetin, Fernand Léger costumes Lamine Badian Kouyaté, Xuly Bët, Fernand Léger light design Virginie Galas ballet Blaise Cendrars music Fabrizio Cassol, Darius Milhaud curtain Fernand Léger choreography Faustin Linyekula, Jean Börlin reconstruction Millicent Hodson, Kenneth Larcher performance CCN – Ballet de Lorraine production CCN – Ballet de Lorraine coproduction Théatre de la Ville in participation with Théâtre Gérard Philippe Frouard, Fondation Fluxum with the support of KVS (Brussel), Prins Claus Fonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

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