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Sandra Delgadillo Porcel

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Babel(words)

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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet joined forces with visual artist Antony Gormley to create Babel(words), a dance performance that explores language and its relationship with nationhood, identity and religion. Taking the tale of 'The Tower of Babel' as its starting point, Gormley's 5 huge 3-dimensional frames hint at a nameless intersection in a faceless city near the borders that define a no man's land. We watch as the action flows from private to public, intimacy to extroversion , and the individual to the collective – while choices of faith, space and community are made and we are reminded that to some the tale of Babel represents the gates to enlightenment, to others - chaos, confusion and conflict.

Premiere: 27 April 2010, De Munt / La Monnaie

Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet
Music composition
Patrizia Bovi, Mahabub Khan, Sattar Khan, Gabriele Miracle, Shogo Yoshii
Music counsellor
Fahrettin Yarkin
Set design
Antony Gormley
Dance
Mohamed 'Benfury' Benaji, Christine Leboutte, Ulrika Kinn Svensson, Darryl E. Woods, Kazutomi 'Tsuki' Kozuki, James O’Hara, Moya Michael, Helder Seabra, Paea Leach, Jon Filip Fahlstrøm, Francis Ducharme, Damien Fournier, Navala 'Niku' Chaudhari
Live music
Patrizia Bovi, Mahabub Khan, Sattar Khan, Gabriele Miracle, Shogo Yoshii
Second cast
Kazunari Abe, Enea Sorini, Sandra Delgadillo Porcel, Leah Stuttard, Mohamed Toukabri, Paul Zivkovich, Leif Federico Firnhaber, Elias Lazaridis, Igal Furman, Qudus Onikeku, Majon van der Schot, Sang-Hun Lee, Pol Van den Broek, Anna Senognoeva, James Vu Anh Pham, Nemo Oeghoede, Francesca Breschi, Tsubasa Hori, Aimilios Arapoglou, Damien Jalet, Valgerður 'Vala' Rúnarsdóttir, Miriam Andersén, Fadia Tomb El-Hage
Assistant choreographer
Nienke Reehorst
Dramaturgy
Lou Cope
Words
Lou Cope, Vilayanur Ramachandran
Costume design
Alexandra Gilbert
Light design
Adam Carrée
Rehearsal director
Navala 'Niku' Chaudhari
Production / tour manager
Meriem Fadil El Alaouiova
Production / technical manager
Bram Smeyers, Patrick ‘Sharp’ Vanderhaegen
Technician
Tom Daniels, Jens Drieghe, Jef Verbeeck, Mathias Batsleer, Geert Gyssels, Ken Hioco, Sam Mary, Bert Van Dijck, Johan Vandenborn, Bart 'Frut' Van Hoydonck, Patrick Liénart
Wardrobe
Elisabeth Kinn Svensson
Photography
Koen Broos, Maarten Vanden Abeele
Executive producer
Karthika Naïr
Producer
Eastman, De Munt / La Monnaie (Brussels)
Co-producer
Sadler’s Wells (London), Fondazione Musica per Roma, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Theaterfestival Boulevard ('s HertogenBosch), Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps (Zürich), Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Festspielhaus Sankt-Pölten, La Villette (Paris)
In collaboration with
Dash Arts 2010 programme on Arabic Arts, Garrick Charitable Trust
Last modified: 16 March 2021
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