Colin Dunne & Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Some of you might remember zero degrees , the inspiring duet by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram Khan. This new performance, Session , is another opportunity to witness a duet by two outstanding artists of contemporary dance: leading traditional Irish dance artist Colin Dunne and internationally revered Flemish-Moroccan choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who fuses eclectic influences including martial arts, hip hop and jazz into his unique choreographic style.
In Session , these two highly accomplished and diverse performers draw from the rich rhythmical and sonic aspects of Dunne’s traditional Irish dance to discover their relational possibilities through an exploration of sound.
The lines between movement and music, seeing and listening become a source of play, as Dunne and Cherkaoui create new modes of sound-making, ranging from the graceful to the absurd. They are joined on stage by composer Michael Gallen and musician Soumik Datta. Gallen’s score draws upon a diversity of sonic and musical sources, threading the melodic eccentricities of percussive dance, timbral noise and sean-nós ornamentation into a larger sound world that includes overlapping pianos and strings, electroacoustic textures and polyphonic choral performance.


Performed by Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Michael Gallen, Soumik Datta
Choreographed & directed by Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui  Music Michael Gallen
Set design Filip Peeters
Lighting design Mark Van Denesse
Sound design Michael Gallen, Jef Verbeeck
Additional Music Composition Soumik Datta, Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Artistic Consultant Arthur Nauzyciel, An-Marie Lambrechts
Assistant Choreographer Laura Murphy  Implementation Set Martin Baarda
Technical Director Hugh Roche Kelly
Costume advice Caroline Wittemans, Elisabeth Kinn Svensson
Technicians Janneke Hertoghs, Sylvia Cuyken
Production Team Arnout André de la Porte, Lars Boot  Produced by Eastman; Once Off Productions; Théâtre National de Bretagne
Co-commissioned by Dublin Dance Festival; the Abbey Theatre; Sibiu International Theatre Festival; Julidans; Grand Theatre Groningen / Noorderzon Festival; MC93 – scène nationale de Seine-Saint-Denis – Bobigny; Torinodanza Festival; Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale; deSingel – Antwerp; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Sadler’s Wells London; Tanz Köln
With the support of BNP Paribas Foundation, the Flemish Government, the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter programme & the Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Eastman is resident at deSingel International Arts Campus, Antwerp.
Thanks to Stephen Collins, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Kopspel.
Mardi 21 JANVIER 2020 à 20h00 (tickets)
Mercredi 22 JANVIER 2020 à 20h00 (tickets)
DURÉE environ 1h10 (pas d'entracte)Adultes 25 €, 20 €, 15 € / Jeunes 8 € / Kulturpass bienvenu Lieu: Grand Théâtre / Grande Salle