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Les Indes Galantes

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Les Indes Galantes (The amorous indies), is an opera-ballet created by Jean Philippe Rameau in 1735. He was inspired for one of the dance by tribal Indian dances of Louisiana performed by Metchigaema chiefs, in Paris in 1723. Clément Cogitore adapts a short part of the ballet by mobilizing a group of Krump dancers, an art form born in Los Angeles black ghetto in the 1990s. Its birth occurred in the aftermath of the beating up of Rodney King and the riots, as well as police repression it triggered. Amidst this coercive atmosphere, young dancers started to embody the violent tensions of the physical, social and political body. Both the tribal dance performed in Paris in 1723, and the rebelious Krump dancers of the 1990s shape a reenactment of Rameau’s original libretto, staging young people dancing on the verge of a volcano.

Director
Clément Cogitore
Release date
Feb 18, 2018
Original language
French
Origin
France

Cast of Les Indes Galantes

  • Portrait of Sabine Devieilhe

    Sabine Devieilhe

    Hébé / Phani / Zima

  • Portrait of Julie Fuchs

    Julie Fuchs

    Fatime / Emile

  • Portrait of Florian Sempey

    Florian Sempey

    Bellone / Adario

  • Alexandre Duhamel

    Alvar / Huascar

  • Portrait of Jodie Devos

    Jodie Devos

    Amour / Zaire

  • Edwin Crossley-Mercer

    Osman / Ali

  • Mathias Vidal

    Valère / Tacmas

  • Stanislas de Barbeyrac

    Carlos / Damon

  • Leonardo García Alarcón

    Self - Conductor

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