CCN - BALLET DE LORRAINE
Petter Jacobsson

With a dazzling and unprecedented programme, the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine brings together three pieces, all tied together by the common denominator of genius of composition and the rigour of writing demonstrated by the great deconstructors of classic dance.

For Four Walls

Creation 2019 from Merce Cunningham ‘s Four Walls
French Riviera Première
Performance with 24 dancers and 1 pianist
Choreography: Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley – Music: John Cage

Sounddance

Creation 1975
French Riviera Première
Performance with 10 dancers and 1 musician
Choreography: Merce Cunningham – Music: David Tudor

STATIC SHOT

Creation 2020
French Riviera Première
Performance with 24 dancers
Choreography: Maud Le Pladec – Music: Pete Harden and Chloé Thévenin

A programme that pays tribute to Merce Cunningham, a choreographer who revolutionised the way we think about contemporary dance. Sounddance, a fast and energetic choreography, is punctuated by powerful music specially composed by David Tudor. In For Four Walls, Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley take inspiration from Four Walls, the first collaboration between Merce Cunningham and John Cage: a youthful and truly intimate piece, full of opposing emotions. Did Maud Le Pladec imagine STATIC SHOT for the dancers of the CCN – Ballet de Lorraine or as a means of understanding movement through cinema ?