Age of Content (Barcelona)
A new spectacular dance performance by the company La Horde (The National Ballet of Marseille).
A new spectacular dance performance by the company La Horde (The National Ballet of Marseille).
In Age of Content we question our physical and emotional relationship to the abundance of content and simultaneous realities that characterise today’s world. In this exploration of different realities, bodies move in search of new horizons.
The choreography takes us on a walk through a fresco of paradigms, pierced and perforated by bodies that, confronting each other, initiate a violent attack of struggle and threat, of desire and love.
Our virtual worlds are no longer a simple representation of Reality, they have an autonomous existence of their own that directly influences the way we move and communicate. Because of their multiplicity they weave a myriad of realities and narratives. In this way, they are forming a multiverse where the principles of time-time and space are completely deconstructed, and in which we exist in multiple forms.
In this era, where content becomes increasingly important, the boundaries between the real and the simulated are blurring. This leads to a unique phenomenon in the history of representation: a reversal of codes. For are avatars just a reflection of our bodies, or are we driven by our multiple virtual identities?
Artistic team
Concept and direction: (LA)HORDE – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel
Performers: (LA)HORDE en colaboración con los bailarines/as y repetidores/as del Ballet national de Marseille
Sarah Abicht, Nina-Laura Auerbach, Alida Bergakker, Izzac Caroll, João Castro, Titouan Crozier, Myrto Georgiadi, Nathan Gombert, Eddie Hookham, Nonoka Kato, Yoshiko Kinoshita, Amy Lim, Jonatan Myrhe Jorgensen, Aya Sato, Paula Tato Horcajo, Elena Valls Garcia, Nahimana Vandenbussche
Artistic assistance: Nadia El Hakim
Music: Pierre Avia, Gabber Eleganza, Philip Glass
Scenic space: Julien Peissel
Costumes:Salomé Poloudenny
Illumination:Eric Wurtz
Production:Ballet national de Marseille
Co-production: MC2 Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, scène nationale / Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2023 / International Summerfestival Kampnagel, Hambourg / Théâtre de la Ville-Paris / Théâtre du Châtelet / Créteil-Maison des arts / Maison de la culture, scène nationale d’Amiens / La Comédie, scène nationale de Clermont-Ferrand / L’Équinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux / Charleroi Danse, centre chorégraphique de Wallonie, en partenariat avec le Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi / Grand Théâtre de Provence / Espace des Arts, scène nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône / Opéra de Dijon / Teatro Rivoli de Porto
With the support of:Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels