(LA)HORDE
Ballet national de Marseille
Shaking up the status quo
The (LA)HORDE collective and the breathtaking Ballet national de Marseille electrify the stage in a wild futurist cavalcade, fusing dance and digital culture. A highlight of the season!
Contains mature themes (violence, sexual content), strobe effects, and loud music.
The spotlight is on (LA)HORDE, the trio leading the Ballet national de Marseille since 2019 and which has caused a sensation with its engaged post-punk performances. The influences of fashion, immersive worlds and club culture are omnipresent. Exploring the place of humans in an era of online content and ceaseless self-promotion, (LA)HORDE propels a troupe of 18 phenomenally intense performers onstage. In a deconstructed space-time, the borders between real and virtual bodies become porous. Evoking fight scenes from action movies, stunts, musicals, open-world video games, postmodern dance and choreographic TikTok challenges, Age of Content culminates in a dazzling finale. A surge of raw energy that punches right in the gut.
Artist(s)
Founded in 2013, (LA)HORDE brings together three artists: Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel. Dance is at the heart of their work and around it, the collective develops choreographic pieces, films, performances and installations.
Company
In 1972, Gaston Defferre invited choreographer Roland Petit to establish his company in Marseille—a company that was already renowned in France and worldwide—to revitalize the city's municipal opera. Roland Petit accepted and founded the Ballet de Marseille, anchoring it in the choreographic modernity of the 1970s and 1980s.
Crédits
Conception and Direction (LA)HORDE — Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel.
Choreography (LA)HORDE in collaboration with the dancers and rehearsal directors of the Ballet national de Marseille.
With the dancers of the Ballet national de Marseille Nina Auerbach, Isaïa Badaoui, Alida Bergakker, Arno Brys, Joao Paulo De Castro Franca, Isla Clarke, Pierpaolo Cosentino, Titouan Crozier, Nathan Gombert, Jonathan Myhre JØrgensen, Yoshiko Kinoshita, Yen Lung-Ssu, Dana Pajarillaga, Kevin Pajarillaga, Aya Sato, Gabriella Sibeko, Eden Solomon, Elena Valls Garcia, Luca Völkel, Layne Willis.
Set Design Julien Peissel.
Music Pierre Avia, Gabber Eleganza, Philip Glass.
Sound Design Jonathan Cesaroni.
Lighting Design Eric Wurtz.
Costume Design Salomé Poloudenny.
Hair Design Charlie Le Mindu.
Visual Artwork Frederik Heyman.
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