(Les Indes Galantes)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

180 minutes

Year:

2018

Directors:

Clément Cogitore

Production companies:

Opéra National de Paris

Actors:

Hébé / Phani / Zima

Fatime / Emile

Bellone / Adario

Alvar / Huascar

Amour / Zaire

Crews:

Director

Stage Director

Original Music Composer

Conductor

Writer