Roman Makena

Roman Makena

  • Joined: 02.07.2020
  • Articles: 586

Pixel

A major figure on the hip-hop scene since the early 1990s, Merzouki works at the crossroads of many different disciplines: he adds circus, martial arts, fine arts, video and live music to his exploration of hip-hop dance. Without losing sight…

Körper

Life’s substance can be pulled this way and that, thrown about, piled up and dissected. Through a sober recognition of the body’s materiality, this piece tries to understand the fundamental split imposed on us by our physical nature. It interrogates…

Tricodex

Philippe Decouflé offers a new version of Codex, his first great public success, an already legendary piece, originally conceived for seven dancers. Under the title of Tricodex, this third version produced for the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Lyon multiplies…

Verklärte Nacht

Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) is based on Schönberg’s late romantic music for strings and a poem by Richard Dehmel about a woman who, one moonlit night, confesses in a wood to the man she loves that she is pregnant with…

Trisha Brown X 100

In 2021, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the project Trisha Brown X 100, initiated by the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and produced in collaboration with the Festival d’Automne à Paris…

A Louer

A Louer, directed by Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, is a fascinating journey through thoughts, memories, visions of the future, dreams and nightmares. In A Louer, there is no linear time, but rather a focus on that moment of boredom…

Pneuma

Pneuma, which was originally created for the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, was inspired by the book Air and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Movement (1943) by Gaston Bachelard, an author who is very important to me.…

All Lang

All Lang is a compelling triple bill celebrating the artistry and creative vision of Jessica Lang, Resident Choreographer of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Bringing together three distinctive works – Her Door to the Sky, Ghost Variations, and ZigZag – the programme showcases the…

Frontier

Renowned for her flowing, organic and poetic style, Crystal Pite has succeeded in bringing her surprising and innovative dance approach to a wide audience. Fascinated by familiar storylines of love, conflict and loss, and the body’s role in providing the…