S-E-D / SHARON EYAL
Delay the Sadness
Est. 50 min
The new, eagerly awaited piece by the Sharon Eyal Dance Company, Delay the Sadness promises to be a spectacular moment of virtuosity. Sharon Eyal has become a significant choreographer in the last several years, each piece an homage to life.
Sharon Eyal and her partner Gai Behar were destined to meet; she was a dancer and emerging choreographer in the Batsheva Dance Company, and he, an organizer of cultural events and nightclubber. In 2013, they launched their dance company, and they have continued to collaborate on major choreographic projects ever since. This includes the wildly successful Love Cycle trilogy, commissions for the Nederlands Dans Theater, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, not to mention side trips into the worlds of fashion and contemporary art. After the shock of Into the Hairy, S-E-D returns to La Villette to present Delay the Sadness, with an original score by Josef Laimon. This highly awaited new work will be performed by a group of eight to nine of the company’s dancers, each one bringing his or her own unique energy and expression to this piece. “By generating a richly textured interaction between individual and collective movements and by creating a dynamic mosaic of interactions and relationships, the dancers will remain at the heart of this piece, their bodies projecting feelings that transcend words”. Sharon Eyal promises to stage vibrating bodies, trances both calm and furious in an intensely taut gestural language that unleashes the beauty of the moment.
Choreography Sharon Eyal Co-creation Gai Behar With Darren Devaney, Juan Gil, Alice Godfrey, Johnny McMillan, Keren Lurie Pardes, Nitzan Ressler, Héloïse Jocqueviel, Gregory Lau Original music Josef Laimon Lighting design Alon Cohen Costume design Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar in collaboration with Noa Eyal Behar 3D Print Designer Serge H Costume production Bas et Hauts Atelier, Paris Make-up and styling Noa Eyal Behar Rehearsal director Clyde Emmanuel Archer Additional music Khyaam Haque – “Dance with Me, Maximilian”, John Tavener, Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin, George Mosley, The Choir of the AAM – “Funeral Canticle”
S-E-D Company
Artistic Directors Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar Company Director Roy Bedarshi Managers of Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar Maya Manor Company Manager Maelle Tournadre Technical Director Alon Cohen Technicians Oren Elimelech, Hillel Sharp, Alon Tavori Backstage Manager Noa Eyal Behar Tour Manager Magdalena Bukowiec Personal Assistant to Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar Yona Mazigh Administration and Production Assistant Celia Echeverria
Co-production Ruhrtriennale 2025 | Festival der Künste, Germany; La Villette, Paris; Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, Paris; TorinoDanza, Italy; Orsolina 28 Art Foundation, Italy; Sadler’s Wells, London; Baku International Arts Festival, Île-de-France region; Montpellier Danse Season 2025/2026; MART Foundation, New York; Julidans, Amsterdam; Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Austria; Théâtre-Sénart, Scène nationale; Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon
S-E-D is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation and the French Ministry of Culture – Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Île-de-France. Project developed as part of the Symbiosis 2025 program at the Palais de Tokyo.
Acknowledgements Thank you to Charly Eyal-Behar for the singing. This work is dedicated to my mother, Adina Eyal.
Special thanks to Shmuel Eyal and Deborah Franco.
Practical information
Espace Chapiteaux
Metro (subway)
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin (+10 min. walk)
Check the operational status of the elevators by calling 01 40 03 75 75
Metro (subway)
Line 7 - Corentin Cariou (+10 min. walk)
Metro (subway)
Line 7 - Porte de la Villette (+10 min. walk)
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de la Villette (+15 min. walk)
Bus
Lines 139, 150, 152 - Porte de la Villette
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- Accessible to individuals with reduced mobility.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to individuals with hearing aids, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
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- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
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