The Roots
2013
Choreographer(s) : Attou, Kader (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse , 24images - Scènes d'écran
Video producer : Scènes d'écran ; 24 images ; Arte Live Web
The Roots
2013
Choreographer(s) : Attou, Kader (France)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse , 24images - Scènes d'écran
Video producer : Scènes d'écran ; 24 images ; Arte Live Web
The Roots
The Roots says what it is : a work deeprooted, born of essence and sap. But although it references these origins, The Roots is no exercise in archaeology or a return to the past. A creation of light and air, it represents yet another step forward on the professional path of Kader Attou as he redefines the very boundaries of hip hop.
Attou, Kader
Kader Attou is a dancer and choreographer from the company Accrorap. Athina, in 1994, marked the beginnings of the company set up with Mourad Merzouki, Eric Mezino and Chaouki Saïd, in Lyon. This show is a success that manages to transpose hip hop dance from the streets to the stage. Alone, he then created Prière pour un fou (1999) to renew the dialogue that the Algerian tragedy made improbable.
Douar (2004), conceived within the framework of the year of Algeria in France, questions the problems of the exile of young people from the districts of France and Algeria. Petites histoire.com (2008) recounts popular France based on burlesque sketches. In 2008, Kader Attou was appointed director of the National Choreographic Center of La Rochelle, thus becoming the first hip hop choreographer to head an institution. In 2018, he reunited with his early partner, Mourad Merzouki, with whom he created Danser Casa for the Montpellier Danse Festival. In 2019, he resumed a version for the street of The Roots with the dancers of the N.I.D. Epsedanse by Anne-Marie Porras for the Montpellier Dance Festival. Since 2022, he has settled in the Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille.
Source: Montpellier danse
The Roots
Artistic direction / Conception : Kader Attou
Choreography : Kader Attou
Interpretation : Babacar “Bouba” Cissé, Bruce Chiefare, Virgile Dagneaux, Erwan Godard, Mabrouk Gouicem, Adrien Goulinet, Kevin Mischel, Artem Orlov, Mehdi Ouachek, Nabil Ouelhadj, Maxime Vicente
Original music : Régis Baillet - Diaphane, augmentée de musiques additionnelles
Lights : Fabrice Crouzet
Costumes : Nadia Genez
Settings : Olivier Borne
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : CCN de La Rochelle / Poitou-Charentes, La Coursive - Scène Nationale de La Rochelle, MA Scène Nationale - Pays de Montbéliard / avec l’aide de CHATEAUVALLON centre national de création et de diffusion culturelles dans le cadre d’une résidence de création
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