This new scenic creation by choreographer Alban Richard, his group Ensemble L´abrupt and the orchestra Percussions de Strasbourg was commissioned by the important dance festival
Montpellier Danse in 2011
. The six dancers and six instrumentalists create a shared space on the stage where choreographic, musical, and light scores blend together and are the tools that create a symbiotic and conceptually seeming dance-musical composition full of power, rhythm and dynamics.
Iannis Xénakisa Greek avant-garde composer of 20th century classical music and architect working most of his life in France. He is considered one of the pioneers of electronic and computer music. Xénakis was one of the close collaborators with the architectural team Le Corbusiera. He studied composition with Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen, but even so Xénakis preferred to use his own ways of working. The composer’s most significant contributions consist of development of the advancement of the potential use of sound in music in the concept of mathematical applications, identical broadcasting, and the transcription of a specific artistic statement into any other kind of art form.
Percussion de Strasbourg – a prestigious musical ensemble that celebrated 50 years of existence last year. In that time they have performed more than 1,600 concerts in 70 countries around the world. The orchestra specializes in a contemporary repertoire, is dedicated to research, continuous innovation, and in their many years of existence has built a strong position in the music world.
