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Freedom Sonata

Emanuel Gat Dance

Marseilles
dance Premiere

Cosmopolitan, Mediterranean and radiant, Marseille has inspired Emanuel Gat to create a choreographic, musical, and dramatic sonata in three movements, unfolding in a theatrical space with changing effects, from black to white... An imaginary journey bathed in light in counterpoint to music and dance.

For his first piece in Marseille, Emanuel Gat invites his regular dancers and newcomers to celebrate 30 years of choreography and musical exploration in an ode to the city he calls home. A fictional, sensitive portrait bathed in the light of the Mediterranean, the show is a free contemporary interpretation of the classical musical form of the sonata. His first solo Four Dances, performed in Tel Aviv in 1994, was accompanied by Bach's music; today, two major works and different musical sources punctuate his new opus: the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 performed by Mitsuko Ushida, who senses its proximity to jazz, and the complete album The Life of Pablo by musician, producer, and rapper Kanye West! All this results in a choreography that is always spectacular and vibrant, carried along by Gat’s signature sculptural compositions. Its constant ebb and flow and exquisite beauty echo the life, landscapes and movements of Marseille, an endless source of inspiration, pointing to a way of living together, a special human alchemy transcended by dance and music. The relationships between the individual and the collective and the erosion of the notion of freedom are at the heart of this new opus.

Coproduction Festival de Marseille

Practical information

Duration: 1 h 25'


Age: 10 and over


Warning: very loud sound


Bar and restauration on place

Where ?
La Criée - National Theater of Marseille

 Carsharing available here from June 3

30, quai de Rive Neuve, 7e

tel. 04 91 54 70 54

theatre-lacriee.com


Métro 1 arrêt Vieux-Port

Bus - 82, 82s, 83 arrêt Théâtre La Criée

• Bus de nuit - 583 arrêt Théâtre La Criée

Vélo Station Place aux Huiles

Parking Indigo, Vieux-Port-La Criée 

Prices

Price €5/10

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Credits

Creation

Chorégraphie, scénographie et lumières : Emanuel Gat
Musique : Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo (2016), Ludwig Van Beethoven - sonate pour piano #32 en Ut mineure opus 111 (deuxième mouvement) interprétée par Mitsuko Ushida, piano, et enregistrée en 2006
Créé avec et interprété par : Tara Dalli, Noé Girard, Nikoline Due Iversen, Pepe Jaimes, Gilad Jerusalmy, Olympia Kotopoulos, Michael Loehr, Emma Mouton, Abel Rojo Pupo, Rindra Rasoaveloson, Sara Wilhelmsson
Direction technique : Guillaume Février
Conception sonore : Frédéric Duru
Production : Emanuel Gat Dance
Administration générale : Marie-Pierre Guiol
Coordination de production : Mélanie Bichot

Coproduction : Festival de Marseille 2024, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Sadler’s Wells London, Pôle Arts de la Scène – Friche la Belle de Mai, Torino Danza, Festspielhaus St Pölten, Concertgebouw Bruges – Festival December Dance, Comédie de Genève, Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Réalisation décor : Ateliers de la Comédie de Genève
Résidences de création : KLAP Maison pour la Danse, SCENE44 . n + n Corsino, Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Emanuel Gat Dance bénéficie du soutien du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur au titre de compagnie conventionnée, de la Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, du Conseil Départemental des Bouches du Rhône et de la Ville de Marseille.
Photography © Julia Gat

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