Angelin Preljocaj treated the Tarbes audience to an extraordinary spectacle for his two performances. With "Suivront mille ans de calme" (A Thousand Years of Calm Will Follow), the choreographer draws on the impeccable technique of his ballet's twenty or so dancers to explore an apocalypse that is as baroque as it is dark. He speaks to us of love, violence, attraction, repulsion, human dignity, and the beast that lies dormant. A series of grand tableaux blends dance with the driving music of DJ Laurent Garnier, the complex aesthetic of visual artist Sobodh Gupta, and the superb costumes of Russian designer Igor Chapurin.
The pace is relentless, the mastery of bodies and gestures is breathtaking. More than an hour and a half of choreography, sprawling ballets, solos, duets, and trios unfold against a backdrop of multiple and ever-shifting configurations. A truly spectacular experience! A veritable choreographic onslaught culminates in a stage paved with wet flags, representing Mother Earth, and a pair of lambs, bringing a measure of tranquility and peace back to this tumultuous world. It is undoubtedly after the performance that the thousand years of calm heralded by the title begin.
An exciting performance is in store at Le Parvis, featuring the production of "Bérénice" by the Comédie Française, which premiered at Le Vieux Colombier theater a few months ago.
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