Dance
Christian Rizzo
D'après une histoire vraie
Eight dancers and two drum sets,
undulating from serenity to furor
Short-sleeved shirts, denim pants, and bare feet. Eight men appear on a dimly lit stage and begin to dance in quiet unison. After a short while, two drummers join them. The dancers synchronize in pairs, in a group, and then suddenly find themselves alone and apart from the group. The convergence and dispersal, repetition and development are dizzying yet tightly constructed, leaving no room for the viewer to steal their eyes away for even a brief moment. And despite the elegant composition, the bodies of the dancers bubble with heat and pulsate with excitement.
An influential presence in the European art scene, Christian Rizzo is a multifaceted practitioner working not only in the performing arts but also such other fields as visual arts, fashion, and music. He currently serves as artistic director of the International Choreographic Institute and is a leading figure in the European contemporary dance world.
The origin of this work, which premiered at the Festival d’Avignon in 2013, can be traced back to Rizzo’s memory of being deeply moved by a performance by male dancers he witnessed on the street in Istanbul some ten years prior. Although separated in time, one dance prompts the birth of another. Witness a moment in the unbroken, continuous act that is dance.
10.12 (Sat) 19:00
10.13 (Sun) 19:00 ★♡
★ Post-show talk
♡ Childcare Service (reservation required 7 days before each performance)
Duration: 60 min
⚠️ No admission for preschoolers.
☞ Workshop
Date: 10.13 (Sun) 10:00-12:00
Venue: Kyoto Art Theater Shunjuza
Participants: Dancers and performers undergoing some form of training / dance students
Facilitator: Christian Rizzo
Fee: ¥1,000
Capacity: 20 (first come, first served)
Reserve through the form.
Advance tickets:
Adult ¥4,500
Youth (25 and under), Students ¥3,000
High School Students & Younger ¥1,000
Pair ¥8,500 (Advance tickets only)
Day tickets are the same price as advance tickets.
Seating: Reserved
Christian Rizzo
Montpellier, France
A multi-talented artist, Rizzo is a visual artist, designer, musician, choreographer, set designer and opera director. He took his first steps as an artist in Toulouse, forming a rock band and launching a fashion brand before studying visual arts at the Villa Arson in Nice. In 1996 he founded his own platform fragile, which has presented over forty works including performances and dance pieces as well as commission projects for opera, fashion and fine art institutions. He regularly teaches at art and dance institutions in France and abroad. Since 2015 he is the artistic director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (ICI-CNN). As a choreographer, visual artist and curator, Rizzo strives to represent the elasticity and tension between bodies and space in narratives where fiction emerges from abstraction.
Conception, Choreography, Stage Design and Costume Design: Christian Rizzo
Dance: Youness Aboulakoul, Fabien Almakiewicz, Yaïr Barelli, Massimo Fusco, Pep Garrigues, Kerem Gelebek, Filipe Lourenço, Roberto Martínez
At Creation: Miguel Garcia Llorens
Original Music: Didier Ambact & King Q4
Live Music: Didier Ambact & King Q4
Light Design: Caty Olive
Artistic Assistant: Sophie Laly
General Manager: Jérôme Masson
Lighting Manager: Romain Portolan
Sound Manager: Delphine Foussat
Sound Arrangement: Vanessa Court
Production and Touring Director: Anne Fontanesi
Production and Touring Administrator: Anne Bautz
Production ICI — Centre Chorégraphique National Montpellier - Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée / Direction Christian Rizzo
Co-production: Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, LE CENTQUATRE-PARIS
With the support of CN D Centre national de la danse, residency and La Bulle Bleue E.S.A.T Artistique, Montpellier
Didier Ambact plays on Williams Drumheads
Supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan | Japan Arts Council, Fondation Franco-Japonaise Sasakawa
Under the auspices of Embassy of France in Japan / Institut français du Japon
Co-presented by Kyoto Experiment, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and Kyoto Performing Arts Center at Kyoto University of the Arts
[D'après une histoire vraie], co-presented by Kyoto Experiment and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels in the frame of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in Kyoto and Saitama (10/4-11/16).
