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PHOTO / "KMs Resistance" by Mehdi Dahkan with Mohamed Bouriri / Photos Courtesy of © Camille Blake
VIDEO / Zoltan Alexander / Video © Courtesy of ZOLTAN+MEDIA Paris
MEHDI DAHKAN
MOHAMED BOURIRI
KMS RESISTANCE
CENTRE WALLONIE-BRUXELLES PARIS
ATELIER DE PARIS / CDCN
PARIS
WATERMILL CENTER
NEW YORK
KMS RESISTANCE
KMs of Resistance is a dance by two extraordinary Moroccan dancers, Mehdi Dahkan, originally from Tanger (Morocco), and Mohamed Bouriri, from Marrakesh (Morocco).
The dancers create synchronised and choreographed rhythmic sequences using only their breath and bodies. No words, no music.
They engage their bodies in a frantic exploration: to rediscover breathing, a power of rebellion. Dahkan’s choreography draws inspiration from Aïta, a Moroccan oral tradition of protest against censorship, offering a subtle confrontation of today’s urgent issues, where direct speech is silenced and censored by political regimes
PHOTO / Atelier de Paris JUNE PROJECTS with Mehdi Dahkan with Mohamed Bouriri / Photos © Courtesy of Atelier de Paris
“KMs of Resistance”
Mehdi Dahkan & Mohamed Bouriri
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris & Atelier de Paris CDCN / Paris (France)
12 June 2026
Le Happening / Lyon (France)
21 June 2026
The Watermill Center / New York (USA)
24 July 2026
PHOTO / VIDEO / "INK" by Dimitris Papaioannou / Photo Video © Courtesy of Dimitris Papaioannou
DIMITRIS
PAPAIOANNOU
INK
ATHENS
MILANO
ROME
SEOUL
MONTREAL
BUDAPEST
SADLER'S WELLS LONDON
THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE PARIS
INK
Greek dancer, choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou is certainly the most inspirational contemporary dancer of our time, interweaving the body with visual art.
Papaioannou, in his latest site-specific dance performance INK, a duet performed by the choreographer and dancer Suka Horn. On stage, each creates a cannibalistic interdependence in a fantasy world. What we see is a black and grey world, angels and demons, Greek mythology, a lot of plastic, and a lot of water.
The scene is constantly flooded with water, giving the piece its rhythm and an inter-generational conversation with Pina Bausch’s epic work Vollmond.
PHOTO / "INK" by Dimitris Papaioannou / Photos © Courtesy of Dimitris Papaioannou
I created a show, which was born from a deep and personal emotional flow, an emotional state very different from my previous works” Dimitris Papaioannou
Our animal side, the irrational, what we deny about ourselves, and what we do not want to see.
As time goes by, the scene gets increasingly elaborated, both visually and physically. A sensual, meticulously constructed love scene unfolds in which the hunted creature becomes domesticated and falls in love with its captor. Imminent disaster is in the air; Papaioannou loses control over his prey, and Horn comes out victorious, on top of a defeated master.
“INK” by Dimitris Papaioannou
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (France)
28 February - 2 March 2024
Don’t let them tame you.' Isadora Duncan
'You were
once wild
PHOTO / "Centauri" by Cristian Cucco / Photos © Courtesy of Robert Fischer
CRISTIAN CUCCO
GASTEIG HP8
MUNICH
CENTAURI
Italian contemporary dancer Cristian Cucco has a ferocious energy. He divides his life between Munich and Milano, and is currently performing “Centauri”, an outdoor dance performance, in collaboration with the Munich Philharmonic.
“Centauri” by Matteo Carvone and dramaturge Francesco Cocco, is a series of four mini pop-up performances for six dancers from Munich’s Indy scene, a new way of exploring public spaces in unique constellations. The performances take place at four different locations around the Gasteig HP8 Cultural Centre.
Centaurs are mythical creatures, half-horse-half-human creatures, with free spirits, galloping at full tilt through a boundless landscape. They embody the wild, irrepressible elemental force inherent in all of us. As warriors, they battle everything that is regarded as norms. “Centauri” celebrates the potency of identity, which we should not try to suppress, or hide away.
Late summer, Cristian Cucco will be part of a new production titled “VIRO”, a duo with Compagnia Abbondanza / Bertoni for the Oriente Occidente Festival in Rovento (Italy).
With Munich-based international jewellery designer, the sparkling Saskia Diez, he explores, just as the designer herself, the intimate relationship between jewellery and the body with sensual simplicity.
“Centauri” Cristian Cucco / Gasteig HP8, Munich (Germany)
25, 27, 30 April and 5 May 2024
Saskia Diez / Munich (Germany)
Compagnia Abbondanza Bertoni / Oriente Occidente Festival Rovento (Italy)
3 - 10 September 2024
VIDEO / "The Rite of Spring - Dancing at Dusk Senegal" by Pina Bausch / Video © Courtesy of Pina Bausch Foundation
PINA BAUSCH
SADLER'S WELLS
LONDON
THE RITE OF SPRING
SENEGAL
At Sadler’s Wells in London, the dancers of the contemporary dance company Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, from various African countries, delivered a shattering vision of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring with a devastating force.
“How would you dance if you knew you were going to die?”
It was the question that sparked Bausch’s imagination when she first created her choreography in 1975. The performance grabs you by the throat from the first moment and never slackens. For the latest creation, the Pina Bausch Foundation planned the piece with Senegal’s pioneering École des Sables, gathering 38 dancers from 14 different African countries who learned the piece verbatim from former members of Bausch’s company.
In addition to the dance performance, the company filmed two run-throughs of The Rite of Spring before the premiere, one in École des Sables’ studio, the other on a Senegalese beach at sunset that latter became the film titled Dancing at Dusk.
"The Rite of Spring" Pina Bausch / Sadler's Wells, London (UK)
7 - 11 June 2022
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