Eager to go beyond the walls of his theatre, choreographer Rachid Ouramdane reached out to the town’s youth. Recognizing their love of sports and related phenomena of identification – but not attempting to turn the athletes into dancers – he takes a playful and critical look at sports and how it is staged, using his favourite technology.
Surface de réparation
Designed for seven sport-loving teenagers
by Rachid Ouramdane
Assisted by Anne-Karine Lescop
Music: Alexandre Meyer
Video: Aldo Lee with the collaboration of Jenny Teng
Stage manager: Sylvain Giraudeau
Coach: Bekkay Ben Younes
Produced by Association Fin novembre
Co-produced by the Théâtre de Gennevilliers, the Centre Dramatique National, the Centre national de la Danse/Pantin and the Festival d’Automne à Paris
In partnership with the sports department and various sports clubs from the town of Gennevilliers
With support from HenPhil Pillsbury Fund, The Minneapolis Foundation & King’s Fountain and Caisse des Dépôts
With additional support from Adami
Association Fin novembre is subsidized by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Drac Île-de-France; and support was provided by CulturesFrance for its projects in foreign countries.
Association Fin novembre is in residency at the Ménagerie de Verre 2005-2007
October 5 to October 27
Adress: 41 avenue des Grésillons 92230 Gennevilliers
Metro: Gabriel-Péri
Contact: 01 41 32 26 26
theatre2gennevilliers.com
