Contemporary Technique
to get known of physical concepts

“In this workshop we will work around certain choreographic ideas developed in my collaborations with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Exploring different qualities of movements, using intuition and personal background, each participant will be invited to develop and transform some taught repertoire phrases. We'll use certain physical concepts and imagery developed in previous pieces (“rien de rien”, “foi”, “d'avant”, “tempus fugit”) for composition. Kneepads recommended.



Damien Jalet
Damien Jalet is French and Belgian. After his first studies in theatre at the I.N.S.A.S. (National Institute of the Performing Arts, Brussels) he shifted to contemporary dance studying it in Belgium and in New York. He started his dance career with Wim Vandekeybus on the show "The Day of Heaven and Hell" in 1998 and danced with the choreographers Ted Stoffer and Christine De Smedt ao. In 2000 he began an intense collaboration with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as his artistic partner within the company Les Ballets C. de la B. They co-created "rien de rien" (2000), "Foi" (2003), "Tempus Fugit" (2004), and "Myth" (2006). In 2002 he created the piece "d'avant" in collaboration with Cherkaoui, Luc Dunberry and Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola. In 2005 he did the short movie "The Unclear Age", co-directed with Erna Ómarsdóttir and the movie makers Dumspiro. Together with Ómarsdóttir, Gabriela Fridriksdóttir and Raven he created the piece "Ofaett" (Unborn) for the Theatre National de Bretagne.
In 2006 he created the short duet "Aleko" for the Museum of Contemporary Art of Aomori, Japan, in collaboration with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Alexandra Gilbert. He has been collaborating with the French director Arthur Nauzyciel and the actress Anne Brochet for the creation of "l'image" of Samuel Beckett for the celebration of his centenary in Dublin.
He assisted Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for the creation of the piece "In Memoriam" for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and "Loin" for the Ballet of the Grand Theatre of Geneva. Damien Jalet studied Ethnomusicology and polyphonic singing with Giovanna Marini, Christine Leboutte, Nando Acquaviva, and Nicole Casalongua ao.

DAMIEN JALET will also perform with the Company SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI & TONEELHUIS at ImPulsTanz 2007 with “Myth” on July 24, 26 and 27 at the Volkstheater.