Robyn Orlin / Christian Rizzo

Via Katlehong Dance / Robyn Orlin / Christian Rizzo

Imbizo e Mazweni

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Photo © John Hogg ©

Photo © John Hogg ©

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Imbizo e Mazweni
Via Katlehong Dance’s invitation to two choreographers: Robyn Orlin and Christian Rizzo
Toutes sortes de déserts
Choreography : Christian Rizzo
Choreography Assistant : Maxime Fleuriot
Lighting design: Eric Houllier
Still life with homeless heaven and urban wounds…
Choreography : Robyn Orlin
Lighting design: Eric Houllier

Co-produced by the Maison des Arts de Créteil; L’Onde, Espace Culturel de Vélizy-Villacoublay; the Institut Français d’Afrique
du Sud; Festival d’Automne à Paris, Le Séchoir à Saint Leu – La Réunion, Damien Valette prod.
With the support of  département Afrique et Caraïbes en Créations de CulturesFrance-Ministère des Affaires étrangères
and Centre national de la danse – Pantin

In South Africa, pantsula is a lifestyle unto itself and a form of non-violent protest close to hip-hop. The company, whose name comes from a township known for the 1980s uprisings, collaborates with two choreographers – a white South African woman full of irreverence and energy, and a baroque Frenchman eager to ‘‘confront two different approaches to dance’’.

See also

Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse
novembernov 28 - 30

Robyn Orlin, Garage Dance Ensemble, uKhoiKhoi
…How in salts desert is it possible to blossom...

DanceMusic
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This piece is the fruit of the first encounter between Robyn Orlin and the iconic South African company Garage Dance Ensemble. The latter practices dance theatre which is committed to equality and social justice. In the company of performers from the Northern Cape region, she brings us a no-holds-barred performance that questions the origins of social violence.

In the same place

Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt
octoberoct 3 - 5
Maison des Arts de Créteil
novembernov 6 - 7

Lola Arias
Los días afuera

Theatre
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At the crossroads between musical and documentary, Lola Arias brings us a choral composition in which six female former inmates talk about their lives during and after incarceration. Their six intertwining destinies raise questions about the various forms of violence present in contemporary society, whilst exploring the margins of fiction and reality at the same time.