Corps extrêmes

Nothing surpasses mid-air choreography. With Corps extrêmes, Rachid Ouramdane addresses this quest for idealism with a group of acrobats and flyers. 

To rise and soar, and even glide. From time immemorial, the desire to  “dance” in the air has fired the imagination of many. With Corps extrêmes,  Rachid Ouramdane aims to “focus in on the fascination with the ideas of  flight, states of weightlessness, and suspension”, all of which are  moments when one leaves the Earth. The choreographer has brought  together acrobats, flyers and athletes, some of whom he met while in  production on Möbius by the company XY. “Through aerial  choreography performed by these adventurous athletes and artists, the  intention is to reveal what these larger-than-life individuals attempt  to reach as they seek to escape gravity”. Corps extrêmes, which comes with a stunningly beautiful video installation, is an ode to dreaming.

Source: Philippe Noisette / translation Jean-Charles Ladurelle / Chaillot – Théâtre national de la danse