Day 2_Aerowaves Dance Festival Luxembourg

Charlie Khalil Prince « The Body Symphonic » / Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson « MEGASTRUCTURE » / La Chachi « Taranto Aleatorio »

19h: Charlie Khalil Prince « The Body Symphonic »

A solo performance/concert, « The Body Symphonic » observes the body as a place of resistance. A committed body moves through excavation rituals revealing unbridled mythologies and new roots, thanks to which the performer/choreographer finds an unlimited capacity for action.

Created in response to the multiple political and geopolitical crises in Lebanon, this piece is a meditation on the place of the body in struggle against occupation, where looking back, in oneself and forward becomes a strategy of perseverance and liberation.

Choreography and performance: Charlie Khalil Prince

Live music: Charlie Khalil Prince and Joss Turnbull

With musical samples and recordings by: Mouneer Saeed, Joss Turnbull, « Into The Silent Zone » by Mustafa Said and an excerpt from « Sextant » by Stellar Banger

Dramaturgy: Erin Hill

Light design: Joe Levasseur

Biography

Charlie Khalil Prince (1991) is a Lebanese dance and performance artist. His interests are rooted in the intersection of the body politic and poetic and in the many deep resonances it creates. His transdisciplinary choreographic works have been presented in several major festivals and theaters, including the ImPulsTanz festival, Dansmakers Amsterdam, the Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Oktoberdans, Fabbrica Europa and the International Dance Platform of Beirut. Charlie Khalil Prince holds a Bachelor of Music from McGill University in Montreal with a minor in religious studies and continues to engage as a composer in his artistic practice. In 2023, he was artist in residence at the Villa Empain in Brussels, after receiving the Dance and Performance Prize awarded by the Boghossian Foundation in Belgium. He was also an artist in the APAP (Advancing Performing Arts Project) 2020 program, supported by the European Commission for Culture

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20h: Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson « MEGASTRUCTURE »

« MEGASTRUCTURE » is a puzzle, a performative dance duo whose pieces are constantly dismantled, researched, tested and reinvented. The co-creators and performers Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson draw from their bodies, in constant cohabitation, to deconstruct the traditional format of theatre and dance. What does the audience expect from a performance? What does it take to create? Without music or other distractions, MEGASTRUCTURE is both an immersive experience and a captivating performance.

Concept, Choreography and interpretation: Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson

PARTNERS & SUPPORTS: TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, TIPPERARY INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL, FONDATION INDÉPENDANCE – BIL, L’Arsenal, Cité Musicale-Metz, Ministère de la Culture du Luxembourg, DRAC Grand Est, Ville de Metz, Département de la Moselle, RIDCC 2023, AEROWAVES 2024

Biography

Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson are the co-creators and performers of MEGASTRUCTURE. Sarah Baltzinger has worked as a performer for various choreographers in Europe. She is currently developing her own choreographic work, based on research around puppetry and dislocated bodies. She has four creations to her credit and recently created a project for five female performers entitled « VÉNUS ANATOMIQUE ».

Isaiah Wilson completed his secondary education at the Lycée des Arts et Métiers and then studied dance at Codarts. He completed his internship at ICK Amsterdam, then worked as a guest artist with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. Currently, Isaiah works as an interdisciplinary artist and recently created a project called « Score » for three performers, combining dance and scientific innovation.

Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson collaborate on various projects. With « MEGASTRUCTURE », they won the XL Production Award at RIDCC 2023, alongside four other partners, which will allow them to collaborate with renowned companies.

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20h30: La Chachi « Taranto Aleatorio »

Two women eat sunflower seeds in a park, an entrance and a courtyard. They share a common space, a conversation, the intimacy of silence. The cante (singing) and the baile (dancing) suddenly spring forth, transforming this banal scene into a magical and intimate show.

A Taranto is a palo (form of flamenco) originating from the mining region of Almería. It is a primitive song, simple, dry, without guitar, born from the need to sing independently. In « Taranto Aleatorio » (Random Taranto), the choreographer and dancer María del Mar Suárez/LaChachi and the singer Lola Dolorès offer their own interpretation of the rawness of this palo. By adopting a random approach, the dancer and the singer adopt irreverent gestures and humor emerges.

Staging, creation and performance: María del Mar Suárez, La Chachi

Singer: Lola Dolorès

Lighting: Azaël Ferrer

Costumes: Eva Hurtado

External eye: Jana Pacheco

Graphic design: Carmen Moreno

Production: Mai Mora

Manager and international distribution: Luisa Hedo

Support: Spanish Cultural Action

Biography

La Chachi is part of the tradition of deconstructing and reassessing flamenco, following the path of external artists such as El Niño de Elche, Israel Galván and Rocío Molina. Actress and dancer, she graduated in both disciplines in Malaga, her hometown. After a specialization in flamenco with « La Lupi », a training in physical theater, new dramaturgy and contemporary dance, she discovered her true passion: the union of all these disciplines.

María del Mar Suárez/La Chachi is not a newcomer, because since 2008, she diverts the traditional flamenco language to adapt it to her unique style, where hybridization is the norm. She created her first piece in 2017, « The Grammar of Mammals », which received several nominations and awards. His second work, « La Espera », received the support of the Teatros del Canal (Madrid) and was programmed at the Teatro Central in Seville. « Los inescalables Alpes, ael a Currito » (The Impassable Alps, in search of Currito) was presented at the Festival d’Raisins in Madrid and received the Godot de la Danse prize in 2022.

Main organiser(s): TROIS C-L, neimënster 

Duration: 30' /27' /40'

Aerowaves 2025 Pass

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