Dialogues

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 in competition with a single instruction: to bring the other performing arts into the dance. Each group lends itself brilliantly to the exercise. This is how we can see–between two graceful contemporary gestures and a quick eight beats of hip-hop–the bow of a violinist as well as the words of a slammer, the scratches of a DJ, or the acrobatics of a contortionist.

This exchange between dance and its scenic counterparts gives a glimpse of what the performing arts, when combined, have to offer. More than a competition, Dialogues is a conversation; a conversation between disciplines that, it seems, have a lot to say to each other.

Four companies in competition:

• Tempus (chorégraphie Christophe Gellon), compagnie Voltaïk
• Folia (interlude) chorégraphie Mourad Merzouki – compagnie Käfig
• Swipe (chorégraphie Elodie Lamri), compagnie Dynamina
• Folia (interlude) chorégraphie Mourad Merzouki – compagnie Käfig
• Après tout (chorégraphie Manon Mafrici, Pasquale Fortunato) – compagnie Gipsy Raw
• Folia (interlude) chorégraphie Mourad Merzouki – compagnie Käfig
• Qui est malade ?  (chorégraphie Jasmine Remadna) – compagnie Sentabou

Imagined by Mourad Merzouki, the evening brings together 23 dancers, slammers and musicians, leaders of an innovative and daring artistic scene.

Selected from a hundred candidates, the companies brought together explore the connections between the performing arts. In each of the piece presented, dance is shaped by a dialogue with images, words, sounds and movements from other disciplines.

Complete program: https://www.calameo.com/read/00304551576f53f88d6a0

Zephyr by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki Yo Gee Ti by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki Vertikal by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki Pixel by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki Phénix by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki Les Quatre Saisons by Compagnie Käfig, Mourad Merzouki