Ce que le jour doit à la nuit [transmission 2020]

An extract remodelled by the group Mouvements « À part », coordination by Fabienne Degorce, as part of the “Danse en amateur et repertoire” programme (2019/2020) (a programme created to assist and promote amateur dancing). 

Transmission by Hervé Koubi, choreographer of the piece, Guillaume Gabriel, assistant of the choreographer, Giovanni Martinat, Houssni Mijem, Nadjib Meherhera 

Presented on 24 October 2020, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris). 

The piece when it was created

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit 

Firstly produced 31 January 2013 at the Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence 

Choreography: Hervé Koubi 

Piece for twelve performers: Amza Benamar, Lazhar Berrouag, Naserdine Djerrad, Fayçal Hamlat, Nassim Hendi, Amine Maamar Kouadri, Riad Mendjel, Issa Sanou, Ismail Seddiki, Reda Tighremnt, Mustapha Zahem, Adel Zouba  

Music Maxime Bodson, Pieces of Africa ; Hamza El Din performed by Kronos Quartett ; sufi music, Les derviches de Turquie ; Hossein Omouni, The song of the Ney ; Jean-Sébastien Bach, Passion selon Saint Jean by La Chapelle Rhénane / Benoît Haller 

Original duration: 1 hour 

The group

Mouvements « À part » (Lubersac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) 

Born over time, through encounters, dance workshops or shared projects, “Mouvements « À part »” is made up of hip-hop and contemporary dancers  and multi-disciplinary professional artists that meet for one week each summer for a creative work under the sign of dance, heritage, and nature. The dialogue of the various artistic practices resonate with their environment, giving rise to a show intended for a rural public. 

Within the association Événements à part, supported by the Drac and the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the group has worked with the choreographers Françoise Cance, Julie Dossavi and Hervé Koubi. 

The project 

“Ce que le jour doit à la nuit”: with this title taken from Yasmina Khadra’s novel, Hervé Koubi devised a dance in the form of a return to one’s roots, driven by the desire to decipher and celebrate his Algerian origins that he discovered late in life. In the company of a team of twelve dancers from Algeria and Burkina Faso – street dancers, capoeiristas or acrobats – he created a ceremony in chiaroscuro, oscillating between hip-hop, traditional ritual, and contemporary dance: the allegory of an inner journey, like a wave between the two shores of the Mediterranean.