VietNamNet Bridge – Belgian dance company les ballets C de la B will come to the city in the next two weeks to perform a contemporary dance ‘Out Of Context’ which debuted in Brussel in 2010 and gained much appreciation from audiences around the world.

A performance of Belgian dance company les ballets C de la B - Photo: Courtesy of organizers

The show will be created and danced by Elie Tass, Emile Josse, HyoSeung Ye, Kaori Ito, Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, MélanieLomoff, RomeuRuna, Rosalba Torres Guerrero and Ross McCormack under the conception and direction by Alain Platel.

In Out Of Context, director Alain Platel continues his search for a language of movement connected to the unconscious, the arbitrary and the uncontrolled. The movement material covers the entire range of dyskinesia and dystonia, or spasms and convulsion in other words.

These can be very small mouth movements, teeth chattering, sticking out the tongue, eyes blinking, frowning, grimacing, moving the fingers as though they are playing the piano, briefly jerking the limbs, torso, pelvis or head, jolting the abdomen or diaphragm, balance impairment, falling over and a whole repertoire of silly walks. Small tics swiftly alternate with big swings, restlessly and nervously.

Les ballets C de la B (Ghent-Belgium) was founded by Alain Platel in 1984 and has become a successful company both at home and abroad. Over the years it has developed into an artistic platform for a variety of choreographers.

The company still keeps to its principle of enabling artists from various disciplines and backgrounds to take part in this dynamic creative process. As a result of its ‘unique mixture of artistic visions,’ les ballets C de la B is not easy to classify. It is nevertheless possible to discern something like a house style (popular, anarchic, eclectic, committed), and its motto is ‘this dance is for the world and the world is for everyone’.

The dance will take place at HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square in HCMC’s District 1 at 8 p.m. on August 19 and at Ben Thanh Theater, 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street in HCMC’s District 1 at 8 p.m. on August 20.

Tickets are available at the box office of HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1 and priced at VND400,000, VND350,000 and VND200,000 per person. Students just pay VND80,000 for admission.

For ticket booking and delivery, call 08 3823 7419, Ms Huong on 0989 874 517 and Mr Luan on 0903 041 959, website: http://www.hbso.org.vn.

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