ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
HELIKOPTER / LICHT (2025 CREATION)
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
HELIKOPTER / LICHT (2025 CREATION)
ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
HELIKOPTER / LICHT (2025 CREATION)
Six dancer-propellers trace their trajectories across Stockhausen’s famous Helikopter-quartet. Holger Förterer’s videos projected onto the floor expose them to rotations of light. Angelin Preljocaj presents a radical, whirring dance before sharing a surprise creation.
HELIKOPTER Creation 2001
Piece for 6 dancers
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Music Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Helikopter-quartet’" performed by Le Quatuor Arditti
Scenography Holger Förterer
Lighting Patrick Riou
Costumes Sylvie Meyniel
Assistant, Deputy to the Artistic Direction Youri Aharon Van den Bosch
Artistic assistant Paolo Franco
Choreologist Dany Lévêque
Commissioned by Biennale Nationale de Danse du Val-de-Marne 2001
Coproduction 2001 La Criée Centre Dramatique National de Marseille, Biennale Nationale de Danse du Val-de-Marne, Maison des Arts et de la Culture de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne, Groupe Partouche Casino Municipal Aix/Thermal
Subsidized by Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne
Award Herald Angel Award by Edinburgh International Festival
Licht 2025 creation
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Original music Laurent Garnier
Light design Éric Soyer
Video Nicolas Clauss
Costumes Eleonora Peronetti
Assistant, Deputy to the Artistic Direction Youri Aharon Van den Bosch
Rehearsal assistant Paolo Franco
Choreologist Dany Lévêque
Dancers Liam Bourbon Simeonov, Clara Freschel, Mar Gomez Ballester, Paul-David Gonto, Lucas Hessel, Verity Jacobsen, Florette Jager, Beatrice La Fata, Yu-Hua Lin, Florine Pegat- Toquet, Valen Rivat-Fournier, Leonardo Santini
World premiere April 10 2024 at TDV-Sarah Bernhardt, Paris France
Photography Jean-Claude Carbonne