For over twenty years, sometimes joined, as here, by her sister Dalila, Nacera Belaza has been lighting up the stage with her quest for a body sensitive to the “deafening noise of our existence”. With their repeated gestures, their infinitely slow movements, and the way they seem to stretch time, these spiritual (but not mystical) pieces by Algerian-born French choreographer Nacera Belaza are poems in motion. Combining dance and historic heritage, her new project aims to transform French monuments into settings for dance. After the Panthéon in Paris, she designed this procession, punctuated by two poem-solo, to be presented in Marseille —an ideal setting for “welcoming the World within us”.
A Co-production Festival de Marseille.
