Tag Alain Platel

Dance, Opera

C(h)œurs

For years, the tension between the group and the individual has been at the heart in Platel’s choreographic works. In C(h)œurs, he examines how “dangerously beautiful” a group can be, helped by his company of dancers and the Teatro Real…

Alain Platel, Les Ballets C de la B, Teatro Real

Dance, Theatre

Nicht Schlafen

Will the aggression that human beings show towards each other and towards their environment lead to their downfall? In Nicht Schlafen, a reflection on humans’ primal urge for violence, leading choreographer Alain Platel asks what drives us to fight. A…

Alain Platel, Les Ballets C de la B, Ruhrtriennale