ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
Annonciation / Torpeur / Noces
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
Annonciation / Torpeur / Noces
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
Annonciation / Torpeur / Noces
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
Annonciation / Torpeur / Noces
40 years of work from Angelin Preljocaj shine through in this exceptional triptych. Annonciation explores the meeting between Mary and the Angel Gabriel in an intense two-hander that blends mysticism and sensuality. Torpeur plunges the audience into a state of suspended slowness, where bodies simply give in to beauty. Finally, the stage vibrates to the powerful, frenetic ritual of Noces. An evening not to be missed!
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Assistant, Deputy to the Artistic Direction Youri Aharon Van den Bosch
Rehearsal assistant Paolo Franco
Choreologist Dany Lévêque
ANNONCIATION Creation 1995
Piece for 2 dancers
Choreography and scenography Angelin Preljocaj
Music Stéphane Roy (Crystal Music), Antonio Vivaldi (Magnificat)
Recorded version Ensemble international de Lausanne / Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Michel Corboz)
Costumes Nathalie Sanson
Lighting Jacques Chatelet
Created in residence TNDI, Châteauvallon
Prize winner at the Bessie Award 1997 within the 13rd edition of New York Dance & Performance Award
Premiered on 26 September 1995, Opéra de Lausanne (Switzerland)
TORPEUR Creation 2023
Piece for 12 dancers
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Music 79D, Franz Schubert
Costumes Elenora Peronetti
Lighting Éric Soyer
Production Ballet Preljocaj
Coproduction Festival Montpellier danse 2023
Premiered on June 20 2023, Opéra Berlioz / Le Corum within Montpellier danse (FR)
NOCES Creation 1989
Piece for 10 dancers
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Music Igor Stravinsky (Noces)
Recorded version Les Percussions de Strasbourg / Choeur contemporain (Roland Hayrabedian)
Costumes Caroline Anteski
Lighting Jacques Chatelet
Choreologists Noémie Perlov, Dany Lévêque
Commissionned 1989 by Biennale nationale de danse du Val-de-Marne
Coproduction Maison des Arts de Créteil, TNDI Châteauvallon - Toulon, Alpha - FNAC, Arsenal - Metz, Centre National des Arts d'Ottawa
Premiered on 18 May 1989, Biennale nationale de la Danse du Val-de-Marne, Maison des Arts de Créteil
Credit photos Laurent Philippe
PRESS QUOTES
« An essential piece within the Ballet Preljocaj repertoire, Annonciation is a radiant, troubling and captivating work of rare aestheticism worth seeing over and over again! »
L’oeil d’Olivier, 21 June 2023
« At the heart of the show, embraced by the now classic pieces Annonciation and Noces, the choreographer’s latest creation, Torpeur explodes with sensuality. A sublime triptych. Breathtakingly beautiful. »
Télérama, 23 June 2023
« The viewer was left not just a forceful picture, but also Preljocaj’s remarkable choreographic range, structuring inventiveness and musicality. Noces was one of the most beautifully terrifying ballets I’ve seen, surreal like a painfully gratifying sexual dream. »
L’Express, 1993