Play - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Performing is a means of modifying reality, of taking on a role and of wearing a mask. It is another facet of oneself. It takes one back to childhood. Play is an encounter between two dancers which evokes true and fictional stories of love and separation, seduction and failure. In this new creation, choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and dancer Shantala Shivalingappa – specialist of kuchipudi, the traditional dance form of southeast India, and brilliant performer in several of Pina Bausch’s productions – present the comedy of desire and death, and through their songs make their invisible worlds dance. They will be accompanied by Patrizia Bovi and Gabriele Miracle, specialists of ancient music who collaborated with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in Myth. Play was created through the impetus given by Pina Bausch – whose idea it was to bring the two dancers together – and is dedicated to her.

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