Salia Sanou weaves together the musical language of Johann Sebastian Bach with childhood memories resonating with the sounds of the kora and the balafon. A piece for six dancers with unique backgrounds (ranging from contemporary to African dance, from jazz to hip-hop, and even ballet) *De Fugues… en Suites…* draws on the structure of the fugue, with its mirroring and inversion effects, to trace lines that are both rigorous and richly varied. In this journey through the intimate, the piece explores our ability to find harmony: “to speak to one another, but to understand one another”. And, perhaps, to rediscover “a little of oneself”, away from the clamour and rustling of the world.
Distribution
Concept and choreography: Salia Sanou
Performers: Ema Bertaud, Dalila Cortes, Ida Faho, Awa Joannais, Elithia Rabenjamina, Alina Tskhovryebova
Music:
Contrapunctus XIII Rectus by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Zhu Xiao-Mei
‘Montée Balafon’ by Marin Cardoze, performed by Kalifa Hema
‘Nuitée 1’ by Marin Cardoze
Contrapunctus XI by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Zhu Xiao-Mei
Contrapunctus I by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Célimène Daudet
Contrapunctus VI in stile francese by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Célimène Daudet
Night 2: Marin Cardoze
Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Bruce Liu
Tribute to Aly Keita, performed by Kalifa Hema
Rolls and Stomps by Marin Cardoze
Loure by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Bruce Liu
Royal Dance by Guem
Rolls and stomps by Marin Cardoze
Bi Lamban by Toumani Diabaté and Ballaké Sissoko
Costumes by Mathilde Possoz
Lighting by Sylvie Mélis
Lighting technician: Nathalie De Rosa
Sound technician: Delphine Foussat
Production
Executive producer: Centre chorégraphique national de Nantes
Produced by: Compagnie Mouvements Perpétuels
Co-productions: Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; MA, National Theatre of Pays de Montbéliard; Charleroi danse; Wallonia-Brussels Choreographic Centre; Théâtre Molière, Sète, National Theatre of Archipel de Thau; Espaces pluriels, State-subsidised Theatre of Pau; Le Quartz, National Theatre of Brest; Le Cratère, National Theatre of Alès; Angers National Centre for Contemporary Dance (CNDC) Support from the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Occitanie; City of Montpellier; Occitanie region; Agora Cité internationale de la Danse, Montpellier, for a residency programme
