Les Corbeaux


Main stage
Choreography: JOSEF NADJ
Musical composition: AKOSH SZELEVENYI (saxophonist and poly-instrumentist)
Lighting designer: REMI NICOLAS, assisted by: CHRISTIAN SCHELTENS
Set designer: CLEMENT DIRAT, JULIEN FLEUREAU, ALEXANDRE DE MONTE
Sound manager: JEAN-PHILIPPE DUPONT
Technical and lighting manager: CHRISTIAN SCHELTENS
Stage manager: SYLVAIN BLOCQUAUX

Date of the opening: november 29, 2012
Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans, France
Dance theatre performance
1 hour without intermission
Photo: Rémi Angeli, Tadeusz Paczula

Production: Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans
Coproduction: Théâtre Forum Meyrin - Switzerland
With the support of Scène Nationale d'Orléans
This performance piece has received special funding for artistic creation
from the city of Orleans for its appearance at the Avignon Festival.
Performance by Josef Nadj, Akosh Szelevényi

With Les Corbeaux, Josef Nadj and Akosh Szelevényi, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, continue their conversation, turning once again to the Nature of their natal region. As the title suggests, this performance piece is nourished by the patient, meticulous scrutiny and observation of crows, in particular the fleeting instant when they touch ground, when the transition between fight and walk transpires. A third partner is invited to join this dance-music dialogue, expressing itself, "reacting freely", giving voice to its silence: a black painting, liquid sheen, that across the thread of the musical and choreographic gestures, leaves its trace, bearing witness or capturing footprints of the passage of crows.  (Myriam Bloedé, translated into English by David Vaughn)