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Discofoot

Discofoot

Get your funk on!

Get down and bogie! Bust a groove! Shake your tail feather! Cut a rug! Get your freak on!
Discofoot is an ass kickin, DJ spinin, maybe even twerkin  free-styling battle, where football's rules are twisted and thrashed by  dance. Let the choreography of the ball take you on a ride that passes  the unknown and spectacular possibilities of this dead serious  performance of a football match...
You will never look at a pair of golden shorts and a "discofied" football the same again !

The performance/match uses the rules and organization of professional  football as its choreography. In combination with certain set  choreographic elements, the performers use this base, to battle it out  in excessive and decadent improvisation. The main and dividing rule is  that you may not run. Your only way to advance on the pitch is to dance.  But not just any dance… Your teams’ skills are judged and given scores  by a panel of judges, like in figure skating. The goal is not only to  make a goal, but lies equally in the finesse in which you made it.


Source: Ballet de Lorraine

Jacobsson, Petter

Born in Stockholm, Petter Jacobsson started his studies in dance at  the age of three and was further educated at the Royal Swedish Ballet  School, he later graduated from the Vaganova Academy in St.Petersburg in  1982.

As a principal dancer with the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in London  between 1984 to 1993, he toured the globe dancing all of the renowned  classical roles as well as appearing as guest artist with numerous  international companies. In 1993, he moved to New York to begin a  freelance career, studying with Merce Cunningham and working with Twyla  Tharp Dance Company, Irene Hultman Dance and later Deborah Hay.

Petter and Thomas Caley started working as a creative team in the mid  nineties, choreographing works for Martha@Mother, the Joyce Soho in New  York and the choreography for the opera Staden at the Royal Opera in  Stockholm, a commission for the 1998 Cultural capital of Europe.

In 1999, when Petter was appointed the artistic directorship of the  Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, they made the move to Europe to  continue their artistic collaboration. An exceptional embodiment of  their work for the RSB was the creating of two immense happenings,In nooks and crannies 2000 and 2001.  The project included the Royal Ballet, Opera and Orchestra, as well as  independent artists who took-over non-traditional, yet possible,  performance spaces occupying the entire Royal Opera House of  Stockholm. Petter received "Choreographer of the year 2002” from the Society of Swedish Choreographers in recognition of the modernisation of the Royal Swedish Ballet. 

After years of collaboration, Petter and Thomas established an independent dance company in 2005 - works include Nightlife, Unknown partner, Flux, No mans land- no lands  man,The nearest nearness – in 2002 they won a “Goldmask” for best choreography for the musical Chess with Björn Ulveus and Benny Andersson (ABBA).

As of 2011, Petter is leading and choreographing together with Thomas  Caley for the CCN Ballet de Lorraine in Nancy. Their curating for the  CCN invites as well a wide variety of artistic talent from around the  world. Each invited creator joins in the active questioning of a  specific theme. La saison de La 12/13, Tête à tête à têtes 13/14, Live 14/15, Folk + Danse = (R)évolution 15/16 and Des plaisirs inconnus 16/17.  To insure a lively and non fixed use of the art form they continue  their searching through installations for the Musée d’Art Moderne in  Paris and Musée Pompidou Metz and an original initiative LAB-BLA-BAL, where a series of open house art experiments, workshops, and discussions are given at our choreographic center.

Source : Ballet de Lorraine

More information: http://ballet-de-lorraine.eu/en/

Caley, Thomas

The choreographer and dancer Thomas Caley was born in the United States. In 1992 he earned a BFA from Purchase College in upstate New York. After a year of performing in a multitude of independent projects in New York City he joined the Merce Cunningham Company.
From 1994 to 2000, he worked as a principal dancer with the company, touring throughout the world and participating in the creation of 12 new works by Cunningham. In 2000 he moved to Stockholm to continue his collaboration with Petter Jacobsson and to continue working as a freelance dancer in Europe, in France Thomas has worked with Boris Charmatz on the 50 ans de danse & flip book projects. As of 2011, Thomas Caley is the coordinator of research for the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine.


Source : programme CCN - Ballet de Lorraine 2012 - 2013

SVT Sveriges Television AB

Sveriges Television AB (SVT), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). 


CCN - Ballet de Lorraine

Since acquiring the CCN title in 1999, the Centre Chorégraphique National - Ballet de Lorraine has dedicated itself to supporting contemporary choreographic creation. As of July 2011 the organization is under the general and artistic direction of Petter Jacobsson.
The CCN – Ballet de Lorraine and its company of 26 dancers is one of the most important companies working in Europe, performing contemporary creations while retaining and programming a rich and extensive repertory, spanning our modern history, made up of works by some of our generations most highly regarded choreographers.
The CCN functions as an art center and venue for multiple possibilities in the fields of research, experimentation and artistic creation. It is a platform open to many different disciplines, a space where the many visions of dance of today may meet. 

More information : http://ballet-de-lorraine.eu 

Discofoot

Artistic direction / Conception : Petter Jacobsson et Thomas Caley

Choreography : Petter Jacobsson et Thomas Caley

Interpretation : Danseurs du CCN-Ballet de Lorraine

Original music : DJ : Ben Unzip

Live music : DJ : Ben Unzip

Video conception : SVT Sveriges Television AB

Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : CCN-Ballet de Lorraine

Production / Coproduction of the video work : SVT Sveriges Television AB

Duration : Durée variable

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