BIRTHDAY PARTY
Creation 2023 for the FND / ATERBALLETTO (ITALY)
Piece for 8 interpreters
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Lighting Éric Soyer
Costumes Elenora Peronetti
Dancers at creation Mario Barzaghi, Sabina Cesaroni, Patricia Dedieu, Roberto Maria Macchi, Elli Medeiros, Thierry Parmentier, Marie-Thérèse Priou, Bruce Taylor
Rehearsals assistants Claudia De Smet and Macha Daudel
Music 79D
Additional music Anton Bruckner, Józef Plawiński, Paul Williams, Lee Hazlewood, Jean-Sébastien Bach, Maxime Loaëc, Craig Armstrong, Stinky Toys
Production Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto (Reggio Emilia)
Coproduction Ballet Preljocaj (Aix-en-Provence), Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris), Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT/Teatro Nazionale (Modena), Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri (Reggio Emilia), Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara (Trento)
In partnership with Comune di Reggio Emilia et Farmacie Comunali Riunite Nominee for Fedora- Van cleef & Arpels Dance prize 2022
World premiere Du 15 au 23 février 2023 à Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse, Paris
Duration 45 minutes
Photography Christophe Bernard
Invited by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto company, Angelin Preljocaj and Rachid Ouramdane created this piece for the elderly.
Each in their own way, the two choreographers shake up our perception of bodies, dance and older people.
After 70 years of existence, what does the human body want? What can it do? And how can it break from the chains of its own age?