One of Switzerland’s most celebrated choreographers, Cindy Van Acker returns to the LAC with her new work, *Pléïades, in absentia*, in which five dancers engage with the music of avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis, performed live by the Geneva-based collective Eklekto.
Pléïades, in absentia
Cindy Van Acker / Eklekto
50'
13+
for 13 years
Pléïades, in absentia
Cindy Van Acker / Eklekto
50'
13+
for 13 years
A free-spirited and tenacious composer, whose revolutionary energy permeates the entire score, Xenakis is known for his mathematical approach to composition, his use of probability, and his atypical scores, written not on traditional staff paper but on graph paper, like engineering drawings. Through these innovative methods, the Greek composer seeks to capture natural phenomena and mass movements, making the world resonate: clouds, flocks, the force of a vital impulse.
Created in 1978 for six musicians and forty-eight instruments—including the sixxen, designed specifically for the work—*Pléïades*
is a unique rhythmic composition, divided into four modular sections: *Claviers*, *Métaux*, *Peaux*, and *Mélanges*.
To navigate this powerful and complex sonic landscape, Cindy Van Acker—winner of the Swiss Grand Prize for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring in 2023—constantly redefines the relationship with music, bringing together on stage five dancers, six musicians from the Eklekto collective, and set and lighting designer Victor Roy. Together, they bring to light, within this vast space of impossibility, a few glimmers of freedom.
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