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Two commissioned works, one double bill. In 2023, Lenio Kaklea was asked for a performance on the social act of coming out. But “having never performed a coming out” herself, she was rather perplexed. And she dedicated herself to all the queer artists dear to her: Ulrike Ottinger, Jill Johnston, Jean Genet and the neo-realist painter and scenographer Yannis Tsarouchis. She, not least, learned what it means to love the female body. In 2024, her film An Alphabet for The Camera was awarded the Foundation Pernod Ricard Prize: a dance study of the the situated position of the embodied gaze.
With the support of the Institut français d’Autriche.
Choreography and performance: Lenio Kaklea
Sound and technical direction: Éric Yvelin
Lighting design: Jean Marc Ségalen
Costume design: Olivier Mullin
Dramaturgy: Lou Forster
Voice: Jill Johnston
Music: Hornpipe en do mineur by Henry Purcell (interpreted by Martin Fröst), Express Yourself by Madonna
Administration and production: Olivier Poujol
Production: abd
Co-production: Peniche La Pop for the festival (Re)Mix 2023 (FR), WEILS Centre d’art de Bruxelles (BE) and FESTIVAL + DE GENRES/KLAP Maison de la Danse de Marseille (FR)
In the performance, Lenio Kaklea dances short extracts from Rodeo (1973) by Agnes de Mille.
An Alphabet for The Camera (2024)
Concept, creation, choreography and performance: Lenio Kaklea
Cinematography and editing: Leila Morouche
Sound: Éric Yvelin
Dramaturgy: Lou Forster
Administration and production: Olivier Poujol
Production: abd
Co-production: Fondation Pernod Ricard for the 25eme Prix de la Fondation Pernod Ricard (FR)
With the support of the Frac Grand Large (FR) and the CN D Pantin (FR).