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AS PART OF THE RENCONTRES DES BALLETS JUNIORS EUROPÉENS
Two weeks of meetings and shows to celebrate the diversity and excellence of Europe’s ballet schools and junior ballet companies.


The young dancers of the Ballet Preljocaj Junior perform a captivating Angelin Preljocaj piece from 2003. Torn between ecstacy and unfettered freedom, they explore the edges of feeling and question those very instants when a being seems to absent itself. Trance, fainting and orgasm as a form of auto-eclipse set to the atmospheric music of French duo Air.

 

 

Dates
Wednesday
11 March 2026 at 8pm
Thursday
12 March 2026 at 8pm
Friday
13 March 2026 at 2:30pm (school session)
Friday
13 March 2026 at 8pm
Saturday
14 March 2026 at 7pm
Sunday
15 March 2026 at 3pm
Location
Theatre, Pavillon Noir
Duration
1h20
Price
From 10€ to 27€

Distribution / Credits

"Near Life Experience" 2003 creation
Piece for 11 dancers
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Music Air (Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Nicolas Godin)
Scenography Angelin Preljocaj in collaboration with Tom Pye
Costumes Gilles Rosier
Lighting Patrick Riou
Choreologist Dany Levêque
Coproduction La Criée - Théâtre National de Marseille, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Festival Montpellier Danse 2003, Festival d’Avignon, Groupe Partouche – Casino municipal Aix/Thermal
The European Junior Ballet Encounters benefit from the special support of Association des Amis du Ballet Preljocaj and Fonds de dotation Francis Kurkdjian
Credits photos Jean-Claude Carbonne

PRESS QUOTES

 

« (…) this highly sensual piece of abstract ballet is more a series of stunningly beautiful tableaux than a clear-cut story. »
The Argus, 18 mai 2004

« Sounds ideal for a transcendental experience. »
Times, 15 mai 2004

« Near Life Experience explores a world on the boundaries of consciousness, a world that exists when the body is overwhelmed by sensation and the mind floats free. Trance, orgasm, ecstasy and fainting are the stuff of this intensely sensual and deftly dreamy piece of dance theatre, and the atmosphere is further charged by the ambient soundtrack of the group Air (…) »
Guardian Guide, 15 mai 2004

within the frame of

MEETINGS OF EUROPEAN JUNIOR BALLETS

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