Ornements
2016
Commissioned by the Ballet of the Opéra National du Rhin
Ornements
2016
Commissioned by the Ballet of the Opéra National du Rhin
For 9 Dancers – 30 minutes
Concept and Choreography: Bruno Benne
Music: Concerts en Sextuor by Jean-Philippe Rameau, complemented by new compositions from Youri Bessières
Musical Momentum
On stage, nine dancers take center stage in a choreographic score created in dialogue with the musical architecture of Jean-Philippe Rameau. Playing with surges and spatial propulsion, the dance becomes a new musical voice, with bodies carrying a choral part rich in accents and breathing.
From Structure to Detail
Drawing on the most basic elements of dance and music, such as walking and pulse, the vocabulary of Baroque dance serves the creation of more complex compositions, built from spirals, volumes, and relational figures.
8 performances
Photo credits: Clara Beck
The piece Ornements is frequently shared through educational initiatives. In 2024, it was offered to the amateur group Terrain Vague II within the framework of the Danse en Amateur·ices et Répertoire program at the CND, as well as at the International Summer School of Early Music in Valtice, Czech Republic.
press review
"Between surges and thrusts, the staggered repetition captivates the eye. The piece constantly opens up new perspectives. On the ground, the bodies brace themselves—Ornements abandons the air to anchor in a more contemporary gravity. It presents a singular stage universe, continually renewed."
Veneranda Paladino
Des Nouvelles d’Alsace
Armide
Commissioned by the Opéra de Dijon and Opéra Royal de Versailles
Stage Direction: Dominique Pitoiset
Musical Direction: Vincent Dumestre
Choreography: Bruno Benne
Armide
by Lully
Commissioned by the Opéra de Dijon and Opéra Royal de Versailles
Stage Direction: Dominique Pitoiset
Musical Direction: Vincent Dumestre
Choreography: Bruno Benne
New Production 2023
A tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts, based on a libretto by Philippe Quinault after La Jérusalem délivrée by Torquato Tasso, first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1686.
Coproduction: Opéra Royal / Château de Versailles Spectacles, Opéra de Dijon
This new production has been realized thanks to the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet.
press review
"The magic emerges all the more from the artistic performances, the instrumentalists, and the vocal soloists—but it is the six dancers, wearing carnival masks, from Beaux-Champs Dance Company and their director Bruno Benne who almost steal the show in their appearances, bringing the elegant dramatic energy of choreography spanning three centuries of classical movement (from the 1660s to the 1960s)."
Mark Everist
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