May 15May 26, 2022
Jungle Book reimagined
Akram Khan • CRÉATION AKRAM KHAN COMPANY
The adventures of the wolf child, dancing to form a bond with nature. What if Mowgli were alive today?
Akram Khan was ten when he played the role of Mowgli in The Jungle Book, adapted as an Indian dance performance. Through Rudyard Kipling’s famous book he fell in love with the stage, and it was for life. Nearly forty years later, he has now devised an environmentally friendly version of the tales of the boy raised by wolves. While links between humans and animals may be inferred in the tales as told by Kipling, new ways of telling great stories must now be invented so as to reconcile Nature and Culture. For Akram Khan, Mowgli will be a young climate refugee. The original music is a composition by Jocelyn Pook, accompanied by the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the legendary figure of Indian music. The distinguished choreographer provides the narrative, inviting ten dancers to plunge into sublime animated images by Naaman Azhari and projected by Yeast Culture, visual artists known for the enchantment they brought to DESH and Chotto Desh.
DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE & CHORÉGRAPHIE Akram Khan
ASSISTANT CHOREGRAPHIE Mavin Khoo
TEXTES Tariq Jordan
CONSEIL ARTISTIQUE Sharon Clark
COMPOSITION MUSICALE Jocelyn Pook
SON Gareth Fry
LUMIERE Michael Hulls
SCENOGRAPHIE Miriam Buether
DIRECTION DE L’ANIMATION Adam Smith (YeastCulture)
PRODUCTION ET REALISATION VIDEO Nick Hillel (YeastCulture)
ARTISTES/ANIMATEURS ROTOSCOPIE Naaman Azhari, Natasza Cetner, Edson R Bazzarin
CONSEILLERS/CONSULTANTS Andy Serkis & John Cassey
DIRECTION DES RÉPÉTITIONS Nicky Henshall, Andrew Pan, Angela Towler
AVEC Lucia Chocarro, Tom Davis-Dunn, Thomasin Gülgeç, Max Revell, Matthew Sandiford, Pui Yung Shum, Fukiko Takase, Holly Vallis, Vanessa Vince-Pang, Luke Watson, Jan Mikaela Villanueva (artiste invité)
DANS LE CADRE DES SAISONS DU THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE HORS LES MURS ET DU THÉÂTRE DU CHÂTELET
Sat 21 May 2022
8:00 PM
10 € to 36 €
Sun 22 May 2022
3:00 PM
10 € to 36 €