Kurt Hentschlager - N, a collaboration with Ulf Langheinrich and the Ballet Preljocaj








	« N »


« N » © Ulf Langheinrich PHOTOS		« N » is the title which has been given to the work prepared with Ulf Langheinrich and Kurt Hentschläger. It is a “masked title” which purposefully does not express what is evoked in the work, which deals with the unspeakable, what is beyond description. Suffering, torment, humiliation, torture … the body as the primary vector for annihilation and destruction. If what we are trying to say seems virtual and distant to a part of the world population, it is in fact quite close and cogently, sharply real. It has spread throughout time from the very dawn of our existence to the present day, without interruption, reaching incandescent peaks of trouble. Its force is matched solely by our disbelief. Angelin Preljocaj. Concepts about the “humanimal” condition were defined during the early meetings of the collaboration. Most of the thoughts and concerns back then have in the meanwhile become amplified further « N », the finished artifact, has, during the process of creation, moved towards a state of pointed ambiguity, describing a state of being and an atmosphere, predominantly the problem of the absence of empathy, rather than creating a singular narrative. Kurt Hentschläger. « Syn-aesthetic is not sync-aesthetic » Sound is designed as a sonic image, an unsettling current, an almost independent primal matter organised in various and at times countless single layers. Consistencies are recognizable. Melodies seem as if not yet invented. I envision a force, one slow motion wave and everything and all is drifting and drowning in it. Ulf Langheinrich. Creation 2004 Choreography for 12 dancers A joint project by the Ballet Preljocaj with Granular Synthesis Concept and dramatization Angelin Preljocaj Kurt Hentschläger Ulf Langheinrich Choreography Angelin Preljocaj Music and sound design Ulf Langheinrich Image, light & stage design Kurt Hentschläger Costumes Angelin Preljocaj assisted by Martine Hayer Motion capture Dodes’Kaden Notation Dany Leveque Dancers' trainers and artistic assistants Nadine Comminges Youri Van Den Bosch Dancers Isabelle Arnaud, Hervé Chaussard, Sébastien Durand Yan Giraldou, Natacha Grimaud, Anna Hagermark, Harald Krytinar, Céline Marie, Thomas Michaux, Lorena O'neill, Toshiko Oiwa, Guillaume Siard Technical Director Eric Valentin Stage and sound manager Patrick Hude, Paul Reynard Lighting Thomas Veyssiere, Nicolas Damien Video Fabrice Duhamel, Cédric Poulicard Stage manager Mario Dominguos Costume manager Martine Hayer, Amanda Barter 3D Technical Director Claudia Hart 3D programmation Friedrich Kirschner 3D characters Designer Josh Bapst 3D characters editor Mike Safiano 3D Designer Richard Le Bihan Motion capture Jean-François Szlapka Production Ballet Preljocaj - Théâtre National de Chaillot - Festival Montpellier Danse 2004 - Festival Perspectives Saarbrück / Moselle - Théâtre de l’Olivier-Istres - Le Groupe Partouche-Casino Municipal Aix / Thermal, Residency at Scène Nationale de Cavaillon, Le Ballet Preljocaj, Centre Chorégraphique National de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Ville d’Aix-en-Provence and Département des Bouches-du-Rhône. édu Pays d’Aix, Fondation BNP PARIBAS for the projects development and l’AFAA for international touring.