This year’s edition will present several projects that will plunge us into the notion of links, the invisible bridges between people, their environments and different cultures.

The Invisible Links – Modestine Ekete

> Work in progress

THE INVISIBLE LINKS, by choreographer Modestine Ekete, speaks of an immaterial corridor in perpetual motion, which is perhaps more real than any bridge one can physically cross. Dual culture is at the heart of this creation, which can be an ordeal for some or an opportunity for others. Standing on this bridge between Africa and Europe, the dancer invites us to enter the world of the Woman-Mother-Worker-Immigrant. She tells us about her journey, her daily life, her aspirations, her dreams, her struggles, her feeling of integration in Europe and particularly in Luxembourg.

Gounouj will immerse us in an interdisciplinary choreographic creation inspired by the Guadeloupean landscape and its ever-changing climatic and social characteristics. Léo Lérus will seek to integrate elements and instruments of contemporary technology to discover the consciousness of dance and its impact on its environment.

Choregraphy : Léo Lérus en collaboration avec les interprètes | Interpretation : Ndoho Ange, Maëva Berthelot, Léo Lérus & Shamel Pitts | Music design : Léo Lérus & Gilbert Nouno | Interactive sound and light system : Gilbert Nouno | Lighting design, general management and lighting management : Chloé Boujou | Production consulting : Jamila Hessaïne | Current co-production :  Ministère de la culture et de la communication as part of the “Mondes Nouveaux” initiative, Compagnie Zimarel, Karukéra Ballet, CND Lyon

ROOM 33 – Urszula Bernat-Jalocha

> Work in progress

IN ROOM33, Polish choreographer Urzula Bernat-Jalocha will depict the situation of inter-personal relationships, which have changed significantly due to their exposure to the world and modern society. Intimacy, non-verbal connection, perception of our environment and awareness of other beings will be studied under the spectrum of technological progress. This progress has provided many opportunities for contact, while at the same time creating new contemporary problems.

Concept & choregraphy : Urszula Bernat-Jalocha , Marcin Motyl | Music : Collage | Support : The National Institute of Music and Dance of Poland, TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois

Architecture and dance share a special bond. At the same time they manipulate, construct and interpret space: walls enter into a relationship with bodies. Architect Hatim Chebli (Beng architects) and choreographer Šejla Softić have worked together to explore this particular kind of synergy between architectural space and dancer. However, there is a third very important entity in the mix: the country of Luxembourg. The country that is home to so many and so few from all over the planet.

This video tells the story of dancers and artists of different origins, ages, and life paths. What connects them all is the Luxembourgish architectural landscape that guides, dictates and limits their daily movement.

Concept : Hatim Chebli & Šejla Softić | Interpretation : Giovanni Zazzera, Joy Ogboi, Lina Schmied, Simi Simoes, Šejla Softic, Tyana Schartz | Production : Beng Architectes Associés | Camera operator and editor : DS Visuals | Interactive sound and light system : Gilbert Nouno | Lighting design, general management and lighting management : Chloé Boujou | Music : Crépon X Smoz | Artistic support : Marie Noury | Director : Hatim Chebli | Support : Kourou Carter, Mélanie Marques, Marianne Laslande, Marie Noury, Manuel Espin, Norah Noush, Paul Pommier | Acknowledgements : Centre Culturel Huncherange, Cercle Cité, D’Millen, Epicerie am Duerf, Hostel Esch-sur-Alzette, Hotel Seven & Bosque Fevi