En regard
Léo Lérus / Sharon Eyal
Ici by Léo Lérus.
World premiere.
The Look by Sharon Eyal.
Repertory of the OnR Ballet.
First performed by the Batsheva Dance Company in 2019.
Spectacle présenté avec des musiques enregistrées.
Programme pour l’ensemble de la compagnie.
Infos
Mulhouse
La Filature
Strasbourg
Opéra
Sans entracte.
Programme pour l’ensemble de la compagnie.
Prologue
Trente minutes avant le spectacle (Durée : 15 min.) : Une courte introduction vous est proposée avant chaque représentation.
Programme
Ici
Chorégraphie Léo Lérus Composition sonore Denis Guivarc’h Costumes Bénédicte Blaison Lumières Chloé Bouju Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin
The look
Chorégraphie Sharon Eyal Musique Ori Lichtik Costumes Rebecca Hytting Lumières Alon Cohen Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin
Presentation
“Becoming one” is when individuals transcend mind and body to form one unified whole. In The Look, the shadowy silhouettes of male and female dancers merge into a single organism, an ecosystem—or perhaps a microcosm? This unique being gazes directly at the audience as it moves, undulates, and breathes in harmony with a hypnotic, organic musical tide that ebbs and flows, blending tribal rhythms with post-industrial influences. Contrasting with this futuristic collective trance, the intimate solos and ensembles in Ici draw freely from Creole culture to celebrate the uniqueness and encounters of radiant individuals whose movements generate variations of sounds and lights on stage.
After meeting at the Batsheva Dance Company, Sharon Eyal and Léo Lérus formed a tight artistic relationship that has endured twenty years. Invited by the OnR Ballet, they devised the diptych En Regard to unite their two distinct universes. Blending technical precision and raw expressiveness, Sharon Eyal’s piece The Look (2019) references a Mahatma Gandhi mantra— Nobody can hurt me without my permission—that evokes the resilience of the body, mind, and human communities in the face of violence and oppression. It finds a continuation and mirror in Léo Lérus’s new creation, Ici, which infuses his innate sensitivity and contemporary energy into Guadeloupean choreographic and musical traditions dating back to the slavery period.
