Fascinated by natural elements and their ability to create images, sensations, and geometric forms, with Mirage Damien Jalet delves into the illusions that sometimes disrupt our optical perceptions and sketch out multiple ways of perceiving the world. Since VESSEL (2016), the finesse of Kohei Nawa’s plastic writing operates a dialogue with the choreographic lacework created by the Belgian choreographer. The duo draws its inspiration from study of flora and fauna and anatomical observations. Thus the balletic form slips into materials that emerge in the course of the tableaux, alternately featuring lights, glittering pigments, vaporous smoke, thick darkness or bright colours. The space created by Mirage opens up our imaginations, conveying with a poetic slant the subtle movements animating the being as a whole. It’s a vertiginous plunge into a constantly renewed sensory environment.
Création 2021 / Chorégraphie : Damien Jalet / Scénographie : Kohei Nawa / Musique : Tim Hecker / Lumières : Yukiko Yoshimoto / Collaborateur à la création sonore : Xavier Jacquot / Assistante à la chorégraphie : Alexandra Hoàng Gilbert / Regard extérieur : Catalina Navarrete Hernández / Avec : Shawn Ahern, Kim Amankwaa/Karima El Amrani, Aimilios Arapoglou, Francesco Ferrari, Vinson Fraley, Thi mai Nguyen/Christina Guieb, Astrid Sweeney, Ema Yuasa
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Production 2021 : Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse / Production 2023 : Théâtre National de Bretagne / Coproduction : Charleroi danse, Sandwich Inc., Festspielhaus St Pölten, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Rohm Theatre Kyoto, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Theater Kampnagel Hamburg, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Nagelhus Schia Productions / Soutien : Grand Marble, MATSUSHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTD / Remerciements : Théo Casciani / Nominé pour le Prix FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS pour le Ballet 2020. Cofinancé par le programme Europe créative de l’Union européenne.
Damien Jalet est artiste associé à Charleroi danse de 2023 à 2026
