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Anna Chirescu
KATA (preview extract)
Anna Chirescu & Grégoire Schaller in collaboration with Simon Déliot
Ordeal by water
Through two virtuoso pieces, Anna Chirescu explores the quest to find the perfect gesture and the fear of failure. Against the sound of an electric guitar, Ordeal by water evokes a divine medieval judgement, and Kata pays tribute to the ancient art of solo combat. A series of body bursts!
This show includes scenes of nudity. Limited capacity.
KATA (preview extract)
Creation 2025
Choreography and performance Anna Chirescu
Artistic and dramaturgic collaboration François Maurisse
Musical composition Grégory Joubert
Light design Fanny Lacour
Costumes Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust
Assistant Elodie Escarmelle
View Grégoire Schaller
Production and diffusion Elissa Kollyris
Production LAVA
Coproduction Entrepont Cie/Trans, Nice ; L’Etoile du nord, Conventional stage of national interest in art and creation for dance and contemporary writing ; La Maison danse - CDCN Uzès ; Les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine Saint Denis ; Le Pacifique - CDCN de Grenoble
Support La DRAC Ile-de-France – Residency support with La Fabrique de la Danse ; La Région Ile-de-France – Help for the creation ; La Mairie de Paris - Residency support ; L’Institut français de Roumanie à Bucarest (IFRo) as part of the writing and research residencies ; Cromot – maison d’artistes et de production
Residence KLAP - Maison pour la danse, Marseille ; CND, Pantin ; La Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne ; Le Carreau du Temple, Paris ; LaMénagerie de verre, Paris
Ordeal by water
Creation 2023
Piece for a dancer, a guitarist and a landscape of sculptures
Conception Anna Chirescu et Grégoire Schaller
In collaboration with Simon Déliot
Performers Anna Chirescu and Simon Déliot
Choreography Anna Chirescu
Sound and scenography Simon Déliot
Light design Tom Bourdon
Costumes Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust et Cathy Garnier
Production et diffusion Elissa Kollyris
Production LAVA
Support Ménagerie de verre, Paris ; Théâtre des Calanques, Marseille ; Maison Populaire, Montreuil ; CND Centre National de la Danse, Pantin
This project has been awarded the 2023 prize the Regional Fund for Emerging Talent (FoRTE) financed by la Région Île-de-France.
Show created the 25 October 2023 at la Ménagerie de verre, Paris, as part of the festival Les Inaccoutumés
Photography Romy Berger