DANCE NEW AIR

Something is moving in the dark, you try hard but can hardly make out what it is. Someone is sobbing? As the sound rising from the ground grows louder, a pair of women start appearing in the dim light, spinning round and round. Just that and nothing else, but the energy that flows out of their bodies links with the thoughts of the beholders, opening the door to the universe, to ancient times, to eternity. Gaining a steady presence at major European dance festivals such as Lyon and Montpelier, Nacera Belaza’s work, based on her research on her birthplace Algeria, its rituals and traditional dance techniques, carves out “the body hidden inside the body”. From the way she takes viewers to a far away time and space, Belaza seems like a second Kazuo Ohno. (Shigeto Nuki, Dance Critic)

『Les Oiseaux』
Choreography: Nacera Belaza
Dancers: Nacera Belaza, Dalila Belaza
Light and Sound Design: Nacera Belaza
Light: Gwendal Malard
Sound: Christophe Renaud

Production: Compagnie Nacera Belaza
Coproduction: Montpellier Danse, Arcadi – support for production and touring, L’échangeur-CDC Picardie
Accueil Studio: Centre chorégraphique National de Belfort – Joanne Leighton
Residencies: Theater Freiburg, Fribourg in Brisgau – Germany, Moussem and Cultural Center Berchem, Antwerpen – Belgium, Atelier de Paris – Carolyn Carlson, Instituts français du Maroc, Montpellier Danse – Agora cité internationale de la danse, L’échangeur – CDC Picardie
With the support of: DRAC Ile-de-France / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Région Ile-de-France, Institut français and Institut français du Japon (for touring)


『La Traversée』
Choreography: Nacera Belaza
Dancers: Dalila Belaza, Aurélie Berland, Mohamed Ech-Charquaouy
Light and Sound Design: Nacera Belaza
Light: Gwendal Malard
Sound: Christophe Renaud

Production: Compagnie Nacera Belaza
Coproduction: Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Arcadi – support for Production and Touring, L’échangeur-CDC Picardie
Accueil Studio: Centre chorégraphique National d’Orléans – Josef Nadj, Centre chorégraphique National de Nantes – Claude Brumachon, Benjamin Lamarche, Centre chorégraphique National de Belfort – Joanne Leighton, Centre chorégraphique National de Nancy / Ballet de Lorraine – Petter Jacobsson
Residencies: Moussem and Monty Theater, Antwerpen – Belgium, Théâtre de l’Olivier, Istres, Ateliers de Paris – Carolyn Carlson, Theater Freiburg, Freiburg in Brisgau – Germany
With the support of DRAC Ile-de-France / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Région Ile-de-France, Institut français, Bureau du théâtre et de la Danse – Institut français Allemagne, Spedidam, Institut français du Japon (for touring)