OZOON

Piece inspired by his encounter with Charles Fréger, author of the book “Les Wilder Mann ou la Figure du sauvage”, published by Thames & Hudson

Piece by Josef Nadj 

Commissioned by Biennale de Danse du Val-de-Marne on the occasion of the opening of The Briqueterie / CDC du Val-de-Marne

Piece inspired by his encounter with Charles Fréger, author of the book Les Wilder Mann ou la Figure du sauvage, published by Thames & Hudson. 

“The thought of humans, no matter which epoch they belong to, no matter to which cult they make sacrifices, and even when they try to defend themselves, is full of beasts, since the dawn of time we are visited, invaded, crossed by animals or their ghosts. What Deleuze and Guattari formalized under the label of “devenir-animal” [becoming animal], is nothing but a mapping of exceptional transferences, these are not “special cases”, it is a generalized exposure of humanity to its first sources, it is peopling the mind by that which surrounds it and which perhaps it no longer sees, no longer wants to see.”

Jean-Christophe Bailly – Le versant animal, published by Bayard

Credits

Direction Josef NadjMusic composition Akosh SzelevényiInterpretation Josef Nadj, Ivan Fatjo, Eric FessenmeyerMusicians Akosh Szelevényi, Gildas EtevenardGeneral managing Steven Le CorreCostumes Aleksandra PešićLights Christian Scheltens assisted by Matthieu LandréSound Jean-Philippe DupontStage Alexandre de MonteSet Clément Dirat, Julien Fleureau, Olivier Berthel assisted by Nicolas Sochas

Thanks to Charles Fréger 

Running time 70 minutesCoproduction commissioned by La Briqueterie / CDC du Val de Marne within the frame of the 17th Biennale de danse, Centre de développement chorégraphique du Val-de-Marne and Ville de Fontenay-sous-Bois, Chekhov International Festival – Moscow, Théâtre Anne de Bretagne, scène conventionnée de Vannes, Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans.With the support of Amadeus.