In a dark stage space, four figures crawl and bend. The floor is covered with black glittering debris, a white viscous substance flows from above, sticking the figures and mixing with the debris on the floor.

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Damien Jalet / Kohei Nawa

Planet [Wanderer]

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44/36/24/14 Euro (conc. from 9 Euro, [k]-Karte from 7 Euro)

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Saturday

12/9/23

8:00 PM

60 Min.

With his latest creation, the German-Belgian choreographer Damien Jalet, together with the Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa, explores human's fragile relationship with the earth. Eight bodies move in a huge black surface that glows like a field of stars, or get caught in the white of a liquid that covers them like melting wax and restricts their movement. Through the physical confrontation of the human body with different materials, elements and gravity, PLANET [WANDERER] sets in motion the visceral and tragic love story between humans and the planet to which they are bound.

In a dark stage space, a person kneels on the floor, which is full of black glittering debris. Her entire body, face and hair are covered in the black dust. She leans gently backwards.

In a dark stage space, a person kneels on the floor, leaning low backwards, with his back to the camera. The floor is full of black glittering debris. The person kneels in a small puddle of dark silvery liquid.

In a dark stage space, a person drops backwards with a crooked back on the floor. The floor is full of black glistening debris. The person is up to their knees in a small puddle of dark silvery liquid.

In a dark stage space, a person bends forward and drops headfirst onto the floor. The floor is full of black glittering debris. The person's feet are stuck in a small puddle of dark silvery liquid.

A person crouches on the floor and is doused by a white, viscous substance that splashes in all directions. The floor is covered with black glittering debris with which the liquid mixes.

In a dark stage space, completely covered with black glittering rubble, a heap of people piles up. Arms and legs are entangled and everyone is smeared with the black glittering material.

A dark floor is covered with black glittering rubble. A pair of feet, from which a white viscous substance drips, take a step in a small crater in the rubble, about 1 metre wide.

On a stage covered with glittering black rubble, two topless people dance on their knees, bending towards each other, one backwards, the other forwards. In the background, four blurred people dance upright.

In a dark stage space, six people stand with their backs to the camera, facing a bright light. They sink to their knees in black glittering rubble and all lean slightly backwards.

Two people dance on a stage whose floor is covered with grey mist. Both are close to the floor, partly kneeling or raising their arm.

Eight topless people stand lined up in front of each other in a dark room. They are dusted with glittery black material and all look to the side.

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#Big Stage

With: Damien Jalet, Kohei Nawa

Choreography Damien Jalet Stage Kohei Nawa Music Tim Hecker Light Yukiko Yoshimoto Costumes Sruli Recht Sound Design Collaboration Xavier Jacquot Assistant to the Choreography Alexandra Hoàng Gilbert Outside Eye Catalina Navarrete Hernández With Shawn Ahern, Aimilios Arapoglou, Kim Amankwaa, Karima El Amrani, Francesco Ferrari, Vinson Fraley, Christina Guieb, Astrid Sweeney, Ema Yuasa Creative Production Jamila Hessaïne

Production 2021: Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse

Production 2023: Théâtre National de Bretagne

Coproduction: Charleroi danse, Sandwich Inc., Festspielhaus St Pölten, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Rohm Theatre Kyoto, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Theater Kampnagel Hamburg, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Nagelhus Schia Productions

With the support of Grand Marble MATSUSHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTDThanks to Théo CascianiNominee of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020 Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

In Cooperation with Kyoto University of the Arts - ULTRA SANDWICH Project #14 #15 #16 #17, Kyoto University - Takenaka University

Special thanks to Théo Casciani, Prabda Yoon, Fabienne Aucant, Didier Deschamps

Nominated for the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS prize for Ballet 2020

Supported by Claussen-Simon-Stiftung.

Damien Jalet / Kohei Nawa

Planet [Wanderer]

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