ROCÍO MOLINA
Carnación
In collaboration with the Paris Youth Choir
1h40
Spanish dancer and choreographer Rocío Molina continues her reinvention of flamenco in this bold, free-spirited investigation of desire, a piece conducted together with the singer Niño de Elche.
Through various powerful and poetic tableaus of shifting colours, costumes, music, and combinations between Roció Molina and the performers who surround her, Carnation probes desire from the imagined to the visible, from concealment to revelation. Whether she engages by herself in a hand-tohand combat with a chair or in a duo, or in a contact improvisation with the singer Ninõ de Elche, the other highly talented enfant terrible of the new generation of flamenco, Molina follows a deeply held intuition: the origin and signification of desire are tied to a state that we can only access through our bodies. In this intense flow of gestures ranging from the tender to the violent, worlds intermingle, from the modern to the ancient and from the sacred to the profane, like the electronic and acoustic music accompanying the piece, performed on stage by a violinist and the amateur choir of the Paris Philharmonic. Carnación had its worldwide premiere at the 2022 edition of the Venice Biennale, for which Rocío Molina received the Silver Lion.
Certain scenes may offend the sensibilities of uninformed persons.
With the Chaillot National Dance Theatre and the Paris Philharmonic
Dance Rocío Molina Singing Niño de Elche Piano, electronic music / programming Pepe Benítez Violinist Maureen Choi Soprano Olalla Alemán Choir jeune chœur de paris | DSJC / CRR de Paris – Ida Rubinstein Original idea and choreography Rocío Molina Stage direction Rocío Molina and Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola Musical direction Niño de Elche In collaboration with Rocío Molina and Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola Musical composition: Cumbia and Exhorcismo Pepe Benítez Choir Conductors Christophe Grapperon and Pierre-Louis De Laporte Management, support and artistic coordination Julia Valencia Costume design Leandro Cano Set design Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola Lighting design Carlos Marquerie Choir musical direction Carlos Cansino Sound design Javier Álvarez Texts Enrique Fuenteblanca Photographer Simone Fratini Technical direction Carmen Mori Graphic design Julia Valencia Lighting technician Antonio Valiente Stage manager María Agar Martínez Shibari artists Simone Fratini and GlüWür Costume making Pepe Benítez and Olalla Alemán: Gloria Trenado Wicker skirt José Luis Encijo Production management El Mandaito Producciones S.L
Coproduction Danza Molina & Venice Biennale; Grec Festival; Seville Flamenco Biennial; Barcelona Festival; Teatro Español In collaboration with Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales; Department of Culture; Junta de Andalucía Supported by National Institute of Performing Arts and Music
Practical information
Grande Halle
Metro
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de Pantin station
Bus
Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
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Q-Park
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Cité de la Musique - La Villette
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