New creation / november 2011

GRENADE, 20 years , JOSETTE BAIZ INVITES 7 CHOREOGRAPHERS

Jérome Bel, Philippe Decouflé, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Michel Kelemenis, Abou Lagraa, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Angelin Preljocaj

Groupe and Compagnie Grenade - Josette Baïz

:: First presentation November the 17, 18, 19, 2011 at Grand Théâtre de Provence

:: Run Time 1h25
:: Choreography for 63 dancers / for 25 dancers (on tour)

How do we celebrate 20 years together in an original way without proposing a repetition of what we have already invented?

After many years of patiently combining contemporary dance with neighborhood cultures and styles and creating the “Grenade” energy, we felt a strong need to open up to other horizons.
  

The idea germinated slowly, and then it came to me: “provide all the dancers of Grenade, large and small, to choreographers who would like to restage or expand their creative repertoire”.

Some names were a given: Jean-Claude Gallotta, Angelin Preljocaj, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Michel Kelemenis, Philippe Decouflé, Abou Lagraa and Jérome Bel.
And it was with great simplicity that all of them said yes to the project.

We were ready to begin organizing the evening: some taking the smaller kids, others taking the teenagers or the dancers of the Company and some as Jérome Bel taking the 63 dancers of Grenade!

The evening is currently being planned : a creation for November 2011 at the Grand Théâtre de Provence, integrating the entire troupe of Grenade (63 dancers), which will probably be restaged at the Théâtre des Salins in Martigues, and then a tour will be scheduled with around twenty dancers to perform the entire piece.
 

Josette Baïz, November 2010

Contact  Claire Merchie + 33 (0)6 33 35 44 21 or claire@josette-baiz.com