SEASON 20 Agence artistique production danse 21 www.ltddanse.com Chen Poupeney Bonazzi Hardy Chris Nadir Chang-Chih Agathe © © © © Alonzo King LINES Ballet Aterballetto (IT) B.DANCE (TW) Ballet de l’Opéra (US) national du Rhin (FR) Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: • Sutra • Don Giovanni • Floating Flowers • Swan Lake • Common Ground • Shechter / Kratz / Inger • Rage • Maria de Buenos Aires • Arctic piece • Dreamers • Chaplin • Creation 2019 with Jason • Sleeping Beauties Moran and Charles Lloyd Goff Bois Batardon Le du Hansen Gregory Thierry Helge Pauline © © © © Ballet du Grand Théâtre BJM - Les Ballets Jazz Carte Blanche (NO) Compagnie Jean- de Genève (CH) de Montréal (CA) Claude Gallotta (FR) Pieces on tour: Piece on tour: Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: • Wahada • Dance me - Léonard Cohen • Soufflette • My Ladies Rock • Fallen • Echo Flux • L’Homme à tête de chou • Minimal Maximal • Nororoca • Le Jour se rêve • Carmina Burana • Comme un trio • Une autre passion • The Nutcracker Thibault Houeix Samaya Logvinov Pippa Franck Olivier M. © © © © Dancenorth IT Dansa (ES) Malandain Ballet Biarritz Yacobson Ballet (RU) Kyle Page (AU) (FR) Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: Pieces on tour: • Dust • The Prom • Marie-Antoinette • Don Quixote • Attractor • Kaash • Cinderella • The Queen of Spades • Songs of a Wayfarer • Rêverie Romantique / • Sleeping Beauty • Whim Sirènes • Tchaikovsky Gala • Pastoral Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (FR) Associated artists Pupeney • Jann Gallois on tour with the piece Samsara Agathe © • Damien Jalet on tour with the piece Planet ALONZO KING LINES BALLET Director / Choreographer Alonzo King 12 dancers Combining a classical technique with personal intervention, Alonzo King lifts his performers to a nonstop dance becoming into a staggering articulation of bodies. ALONZO KING LINES BALLET Alonzo King moved to San Francisco and, in 1982, founded LINES Ballet which is one of the most prestigious and exciting companies in North Season highlights America. Highly recognized in the United States and abroad, he is working regularly with opera, television and cinema. At the same time, he is invited LINES Ballet’s season will begin in October to work with the largest companies around the world. William Forsythe with the fall creation’s premiere in San stated that “Alonzo King is one of the few, true Ballet Masters of our times.”Admirer of Balanchine, he creates bridges between tradition and Francisco. For this new collaboration, modernity and develops an inventive, sensual and vibrant dance with Alonzo King has chosen to invite once again impeccable classically trained dancers. two great names from the Californian jazz scene: tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd and Through his collaborations with artists from different disciplines and pianist Jason Moran. Both had previously cultures, he is proposing a work always new and fed by cultural diversity. As worked alongside the choreographer for a visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is renowned for his incredible ability the creation of Sand in 2016. This new to grip the audience with a real humanity and a deep sense of freedom. collaboration will also mark the return of internationally renowned visual artist Jim Campbell. Following the example of his “Alonzo King belongs to a unique vein: a twisted, swirling and asymmetrical previous work for Constellation in 2012, classical dance — on pointes for women — spiraling the body to the the artist will create a luminous installation fingertips.” for this new piece. Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde The company will then be on an international tour before presenting a second creation in “Alonzo King is a rare bird in the current American dance landscape. His April 2020 as part of the spring program. company LINES Ballet dances to a full house everywhere. It is easy to understand why: exceptional dancers, purity of movement, musicality of forms...” More information Philippe Noisette, Los Échos www.linesballet.org Company tour calendar OCTOBER 2019 FEbruarY 2020 01-06: San Francisco (US) – Autumn creation (Premiere) 18, 19: Wiesbaden (DE) – Händel / Common Ground 22: Lugano (CH) – Händel / Common Ground NOVEMBER 2019 27: Pordenone (IT) – Händel / Common Ground 12: Newport News (US) – Figures of Speech 29: Ravenna (IT) – Händel / Common Ground 15, 16: Durham (US) – Händel / Common Ground 20, 21: Echirolles (FR) – Händel / Common Ground MARCH 2020 24: Morges (CH) – Händel / Common Ground 01: Ravenna (IT) – Händel / Common Ground 26, 27: Montpellier (FR) – Händel / Common Ground 03: Aix-en-Provence (FR) – Händel / Common Ground 30: Albi (FR) – Händel / Common Ground 06, 07: Créteil (FR) – Händel / Common Ground 10: Le Havre (FR) – Händel / Common Ground DECEMBER 2019 12: Cholet (FR) – Händel / Common Ground 03: Fulda (DE) – Händel / Common Ground 06: Saint-Etienne (FR) – Händel / Common Ground April 2020 10-19: San Francisco (US) – Spring creation (Premiere) JANUARY 2020 16: Davie (US) – Figures of Speech MAY 2020 18: Cutler Bay (US) – Händel / Common Ground 06: Madison (US) – Figures of Speech 23: Richmond (US) – Figures of Speech 09: Overland Park (US) – Figures of Speech 25: Fairfax (US) – Figures of Speech ON TOUR SEASON 20 21 SUTRA Choreography Alonzo King Music composed and performed Zakir Hussain and Sabir Khan VIDEO Created in 2018 – Duration 74 min Zakir Hussain is a classical tabla virtuoso from India widely considered a founding member of the contemporary world music movement. His complex rhythmic systems naturally meets King’s choreography and celebrate the long-standing Hardy continuity between transcendental Eastern thinking and Western ballet’s classical forms and techniques. For over twenty years these two masters of rhythm, vibration Chris and transformation have been pushing the boundaries of creative expression © together. “A performance that would seem to define what the world should be aspiring to create: perfect harmony, warm encounters among all human and earthly species, and a feeling that it should never come to an end.” Alvina Ruprecht, Capital Critics’ Circle COMMON GROUND Choreography Alonzo King VIDEO Music Arrangement Kronos Quartet Created in 2018 – Duration 45 min Kronos Quartet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, two of the most influent San Francisco’s cultural ambassadors, visionaries in their respective fields, celebrate together the union of music and dance in a piece reflecting their innovative art. Alonzo King has teamed up with the famous quartet to create this new piece, true Hardy hymn to the city of San Francisco and to everything that makes its beauty. In the Chris piece, the musicians explore the string quartet as an ever-changing conversation © and accompany the dancers. “This is a dance that shows the company’s ability to shift interpretive gears on a dime, as well as their impeccable musicality and the beauty of their neatly assorted physicalities. All that and gorgeous ballet-framed yet all-daring technique gives the real answer to what Common Ground at its best entails.” Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice ARCTIC PIECE Choreography Alonzo King Music Trey Spruance Set Design Robert Rosenwasser, Jamie Lyons and Pierre Roy-Camille Upcoming creation in 2020 Addressing the theme of global warming, the degradation of the Arctic continent and populations threatened by sea-level rise, Alonzo King’s upcoming creation brings together many artists. The scenography, based on photos and videos shot on the Arctic continent by Robert Rosenwasser and Jamie Lyons, is completed by the paintings and sketches of Pierre Roy-Camille - contemporary painter. Trey Spruance’s musical creation, with whom the company has already collaborated for Common Ground, integrates traditional and indigenous songs and music from peoples threatened by the rising waters around the world. A sensitive piece that echoes the deep meaning of humanity and freedom that is characteristic of Alonzo King’s work. Le Trait d’Union Other piece on tour PARIS - BERLIN - MADRID - ANGOULÊME Main office : +33 5 45 94 75 95 Fall Creation – Choreography Alonzo King, music Jason Moran, Charles Lloyd [email protected] www.ltddanse.com ATERBALLETTO Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Managing Director Gigi Cristoforetti Company Director Sveva Berti 16 dancers Founded in 1977 as Compagnia di Balletto dei Teatri dell’Emilia - Romagna and directed by Vittorio Biagi, the company has been known since 1979 as Aterballetto. Composed of 16 soloist dancers who are able to grasp in depth the most diverse dance styles, Aterballetto has gained wide recognition in Italy and on the international scene thanks to Season highlights the high quality of its interpreters. It is now recognized as the leading contemporary dance company in Italy and the first permanent ballet- The Italian company Aterballetto’s season producing organization apart from Opera House companies. will start on a high note, with the premiere of With the arrival of Gigi Cristoforetti as Managing Director in 2017, Dreamers in September 2019 as part of the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto is opening up the Festival Oriente Occidente in Rovereto, to choreographic productions from diverse artistic universes and Italy. It will be the opportunity to discover renewing its artistic mission. By creating a dialogue with the visual arts, this triple bill composed of the pieces music, theatre and education, Aterballetto initiates multidisciplinary cloud|materia by German choreographer collaborative projects. This way, it deepens its relationship