« N » © Ulf Langheinrich
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.