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FugaCités

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Music by Vivaldi, Purcell, Westhoff, Playford, Moondog...

Musical conception and arrangements : Franck-Emmanuel Comte

CAST

Jérôme Oussou alternating with Mélissa Cirillo, hip-hop dance
Tiko, human beatbox
Mehdi Krüger, slam
Reynier Guerrero, violin
Aude Walker-Viry, cello
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, clavecin

Bérénice Collet, staging direction
Mourad Merzouki, choreography
Christophe Waksmann, video creation
Pauline Vauchez, light creation
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, musical direction and conception

FugaCités is a meeting between baroque music and urban cultures imagined by Franck-Emmanuel Comte and designed by Bérénice Collet. Three poetic and interdisciplinary variations with multiple inspirations, a creative dialogue between the instrumentalists of the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and three leading artists of urban cultures: Tiko (human beatbox), Mehdi Krüger (slam), Jérôme Oussou (hip-hop dance) choreographed by Mourad Merzouki.

Conceived during the confinement period as 3 short, independent forms, FugaCités is now a single show directed by Bérénice Collet and accompanied by the video counterpoint of Christophe Waksmann. The fruit of a poetic encounter between baroque music and hip hop, it invites audiences of all kinds on a sensitive, dreamlike journey, punctuated by texts by Mehdi Krüger and choreography by Mourad Merzouki.

Duration: 1h10 for the general public version
50 minutes for the school version (from 11 years)

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©Carmen Morand

©Julie Cherki

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Festival 1001 notes en Limousin, Espace culturel Eole à Craponne, L'Aqueduc à Dardilly, Espace Albert Camus à Bron, Festival d'Ambronay, Centre Saint-Marc à Lyon, Midsummer Festival du Château d'Hardelot, Centre Culturel Théâtre Central de La Louvière, Théâtre de Belley, Espace culturel des Corbières, Théâtre de Lempdes, Théâtre Théo Argence à Saint-Priest, Scène de l'Hôtel de ville à Sarreguemines, Théâtre de Bagnols sur Cèze, Centre Culturel Jean-Pierre Fabrègue à Saint-Yrieix, Saison culturelle de Montmorin, Opéra de Clermont-Ferrand, Festival Internacional en el Camino de Santiago, Festival baroque en Forez, La Pléiade à la Riche, CCO La Rayonne à Villeurbanne, Espace Paul Jargot à Crolles, Sinfonia en Périgord, Le Phénix à Valenciennes, Le Parvis des Fiz à Passy, Le Rocher de Palmer à Cénon, Festival Bach de Saint-Donat, Grand Manège Namur Concert Hall, Lycée français de New York, Le Pôle à Alby, Espace Michel Croz à Chamonix, Festival de Lournand.

PRESS REVIEW

CLASSICAGENDA – 20/09/2021 – Julien Bordas
"In the vein of his previous show Folia, [Mourad Merzouki] boldly combines scores by Vivaldi, Purcell and Playford with the talent of hip-hop dancer Jérôme Oussou. Oussou is even joined by the musicians in a sort of artistic role-play, and the audience is invited to join in the party."

BAROQUIADES – 24/09/2021 – Emmanuel Deroeux
"Arranged as a true quartet, the four musicians play as a true ensemble [...] Thanks in particular to Franck-Emmanuel Comte's arrangements, there is a real sense of symbiosis between the artists".

FRANCEINFO – 22/09/2021 – Lorenzo Ciavarini Azzi
"The baroque hip-hop symbiosis is almost self-evident."

CLASSICMAISPASHASBEEN – 24/09/2021 – Séverine Garnier
"The Concert de l'Hostel Dieu was in top form, showing off its flexibility and humour [...]".

EL PERIODICO DE ARAGON - 06/08/2023 - Javier Losilla
"In other words, we enjoyed a well-crafted show that was entertaining, theatrical and not without a sense of humour, in which Baroque compositions are combined with contemporary creations.