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Portrait

With Portrait, Mehdi Kerkouche wishes to explore intra-family relationships by crossing a universe halfway between burlesque and contemporary. Distance, disappearance, love and connections are all topics that will come to life on set. 

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Mehdi Kerkouche

Multidisciplinary artist, it is as a choreographer and director that Mehdi Kerkouche works on numerous television programs in France and Europe. From cinema to fashion shows, via advertising, he coaches artists from all walks of life and manages the staging of major cultural events. In 2017, he set up the EMKA company with the desire to connect the artists he met on his previous projects in creations combining energy and poetry. 

Source: EMKA

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CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA

Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA

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Portrait

Choreography : Mehdi Kerkouche

Choreography assistance : Alexandra Trovato

Interpretation : Micheline Desguin, Matteo Gheza, Jaouen Gouevic, Lisa Ingrand Loustau, Shirwann Jeammes , Sacha Neel, Amy Swanson, Kilian Vernin, Titouan Wiener Durupt

Set design : Mehdi Kerkouche, Judith Leray

Original music : Lucie Antunes

Lights : Judith Leray

Costumes : Guillaume Boulez, Patrick Cavalié, Céline Frécon

Sound : Frédéric Valtre

Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Compagnie EMKA - Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne // Coproduction Festival Suresnes Cités Danse 2023 avec le soutien de Cités Danse Connexions / Théâtre-Sénart, scène nationale / Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse / Visages du monde, Cergy / l’Archipel, Scène nationale de Perpignan

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