Les Indes Galantes
Les Indes Galantes (The amorous indies), is an opera-ballet created by Jean Philippe Rameau in 1735. He was inspired for one of the dance by tribal Indian dances of Louisiana performed by Metchigaema chiefs, in Paris in 1723. Clément Cogitore adapts a short part of the ballet by mobilizing a group of Krump dancers, an art form born in Los Angeles black ghetto in the 1990s. Its birth occurred in the aftermath of the beating up of Rodney King and the riots, as well as police repression it triggered. Amidst this coercive atmosphere, young dancers started to embody the violent tensions of the physical, social and political body. Both the tribal dance performed in Paris in 1723, and the rebelious Krump dancers of the 1990s shape a reenactment of Rameau’s original libretto, staging young people dancing on the verge of a volcano.
Cast
Sabine Devieilhe
as Hébé / Phani / Zima
Julie Fuchs
as Fatime / Emile
Florian Sempey
as Bellone / Adario
Alexandre Duhamel
as Alvar / Huascar
Jodie Devos
as Amour / Zaire
Edwin Crossley-Mercer
as Osman / Ali
Mathias Vidal
as Valère / Tacmas
Stanislas de Barbeyrac
as Carlos / Damon
Leonardo García Alarcón
as Self - Conductor
