With devices designed by Retouramont, a dance company specializing in aerial techniques, choreographer Mourad Merzouki leaves the ground and plays with gravity. His new production confronts the very much floor-based hip-hop dance with verticality. Dancers dash in the air, they…
An anniversary performance, celebrating in movement 20 years of history. In 2016, Compagnie Käfig is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, Mourad Merzouki brings together in Carte Blanches several dancers who have gone through the life of the company,…
After Vertikal, which propelled hip-hop into the air, the choreographer continues to exalt this dance in a play with natural forces : from weightlessness to the breath of the wind, from vertical to horizontal, he performs a 90-degree rotation and…
Babel is a powerful contemporary dance performance created by the celebrated French choreographer Mourad Merzouki, one of the leading figures in modern hip-hop and multidisciplinary dance theatre. The production explores themes of communication, cultural diversity, human connection, and the universal desire to…
The collaborative project with the National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center was born during my first trip to Taiwan where our Company was performing its show Récital. I was captivated by the energy of the dancers that were sharing the stage…
In almost 30 years, Mourad Merzouki has broken the bars of the cage. A pioneer in the transition of hip-hop dance from the street to the stage, he has aesthetic and given it a prominent place in the contemporary choreographic…
In collaboration with Concert de la Loge Driven by the desire to resize Vivaldi’s “hit”, Julien Chauvin – concertmaster of the Concert de la Loge orchestra – reintegrates the narrative and theatrical content of the Four Seasons with its musical…
What happens when the language of dance transcends its barriers? This is the question answered by Dialogues, a choreographic competition that strives to redefine the terms of dance performance. Imagined by the choreographer Mourad Merzouki, this contest puts four companies…
Under the direction of Mourad Merzouki, Phénix shakes up the codes between musicians and dancers for a delightful and unexpected encounter between the viola da gamba and hip-hop dance. Phénix was born from an unexpected and singular encounter between the…
