FEDA WARDAK / SAÏDO LEHLOUH
Ce que le ciel ne sait pas
ARTIST INITIATIVES
1h
Feda Wardak has developed a body of work whose aesthetic power stems from its unrelenting humanism. Here she has imagined a monumental installation inhabited by a choreography by Saïdo Lehlouh and music by Deena Abdelwahed. It is a singular yet utterly essential experience.
A visual, choreographic, and acoustic work all at once, this installation by Franco-Afghan artist Feda Wardak takes the form of a nave, in which a helical staircase spirals upward, as if it were a giant drill. The setting for this performance is conceived as a poetic investigation, the endlessly turning screw propelling us on an immersive journey whose three strata – sky, earth and the subterranean – recount a vertical story of water, extraction, and resistance. As Western drones see only anonymous heat pockets from above, the gigantic twisting motion activated by the choreographic performance by Saïdo Lehlouh set to Deena Abdelwahed’s music depicts those who live on the ground and fight for its survival: Afghan “water seekers”, the unseen artisans who repair the karez, the ancient irrigation tunnels crushed by so many bombings, so that life may once more gush forth in a place where modern technology has provoked a desert. This enquiry brings us in close so that we may witness a horrific type of extractivism: one of raw materials, bodies, and cultural identities. At a time when returning to a human scale paradoxically seems a monumental undertaking, Feda Wardak has created a work of great redemption and humanity.
subject to availability 10€
More prices here →
Artistic and dramaturgical direction Feda Wardak Choreography and dramaturgical collaboration Saïdo Lehlouh With Mehdi Baki, Kaê Brown Carvalho, Marina De Remedios, Jerson Diasonama and Sonia Ichti Lighting Tom Visser in collaboration with Edward Saunders Sound collaboration Matthieu Gasnier Costumes Théo Ech-Cheikh assisted by Agathe Leroy and Louis-Matteo Martinez Veil maker Ameline Baudoin Technical management Pernette Bénard, Alexis Rostain and Pierre Staigre Lighting management Loïs Simac Sound management Chloé Baumeige
Production direction Antoine Blesson Administration Jason Abajo Production manager Sophie Roux-Mayoud Staircase construction Les Ateliers Sud Side Staircase engineering Assemblage Ingénierie Platform construction La Fabrique à Projets Platform engineering C3 Sud-Est Communications/Press Julien Diers With technical collaboration from Manon Cambon, David Hanse, Salem Messaoudi, Alexandre Richard, Frédéric Sintomer, Camille Staigre
Production Le Grand Gardon Blanc Co-production Les Nuits de Fourvière – Festival international de la Métropole de Lyon; Centre Pompidou – Département culture et création, Paris; Festival d’Automne à Paris; La Villette, Paris; Lieux Publics – CNAREP & Pôle international de production et de diffusion, Marseille; Festival de Marseille; Le Palc – Pôle National Cirque Grand Est – Ville de Châlons-en-Champagne
With the support of Caisse des Dépôts sponsorship With creation support from the Directorate-General for Artistic Creation – French Ministry of Culture, the Île-de-France Region, ADAMI and SPEDIDAM With residency support from CN D – Centre National de la Danse
subject to availability 10€
More prices here →
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
Bike GH
Vélib' docking points
Bike racks
Electric bikes
A battery container is located in front of the Grande Halle.
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
- Standing performance
- Accessibility contact for people with reduced mobility: +33 (0)1 40 03 75 75
- This space is accessible to people with reduced mobility.
- This space is partially accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people, depending on the programme.
- This space is partially accessible to people using hearing aids, depending on the programme.
- This space is partially accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
- This space is accessible to people with psychological, cognitive and intellectual disabilities.
- Food and drinks in the hall before and after the performance, provided by the Soré grocery store.
- Several food and drink options are available on site before and after the performance. Discover them HERE.
Access to the venue is subject to a security check.
- The following are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replicas, animals except guide dogs, large bags and luggage, and batteries for electric bicycles and scooters.
- Security staff have sole discretion over which items may or may not be brought into the venue.
- Food may not be brought into the performance venue.
In the press
In collaboration with
To go further
You may also like
Play
ELINA KULIKOVA / Cie CHAMP BRÛLÉ
Trilogie de la guerre
Part 1: not recommended for children under 12
Parts 2 & 3: not recommended for children under 16
MARAH HAJ HUSSEIN
Language : No BroblemDéconseillé aux moins de 13 ans
SAMAR KOKASH / OMAR ALJBAAI
Samar
INITIATIVES D'ARTISTES
Déconseillé aux moins de 15 ans