Portrait [répétitions]
2023 - Director : CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
Choreographer(s) : Kerkouche, Mehdi (France)
Present in collection(s): Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
Portrait [répétitions]
2023 - Director : CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
Choreographer(s) : Kerkouche, Mehdi (France)
Present in collection(s): Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
Portrait
With Portrait, Mehdi Kerkouche wishes to explore intra-family relationships by crossing a universe halfway between burlesque and contemporary. Distance, disappearance, love and connections are all topics that will come to life on set.
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Mehdi Kerkouche
Multidisciplinary artist, it is as a choreographer and director that Mehdi Kerkouche works on numerous television programs in France and Europe. From cinema to fashion shows, via advertising, he coaches artists from all walks of life and manages the staging of major cultural events. In 2017, he set up the EMKA company with the desire to connect the artists he met on his previous projects in creations combining energy and poetry.
Source: EMKA
More information: ccncreteil.com
CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA
TRADUCTION IN PROGRESS
Portrait
Choreography : Mehdi Kerkouche
Choreography assistance : Alexandra Trovato
Interpretation : Micheline Desguin, Matteo Gheza, Jaouen Gouevic, Lisa Ingrand Loustau, Shirwann Jeammes , Sacha Neel, Amy Swanson, Kilian Vernin, Titouan Wiener Durupt
Set design : Mehdi Kerkouche, Judith Leray
Original music : Lucie Antunes
Lights : Judith Leray
Costumes : Guillaume Boulez, Patrick Cavalié, Céline Frécon
Sound : Frédéric Valtre
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Compagnie EMKA - Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne // Coproduction Festival Suresnes Cités Danse 2023 avec le soutien de Cités Danse Connexions / Théâtre-Sénart, scène nationale / Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse / Visages du monde, Cergy / l’Archipel, Scène nationale de Perpignan
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