March 6 & 7, 7:30pm
Co-presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival
& presented with the support of Villa Albertine
Choreographer, Sound & Light Designer: Nacera Belaza
Performers:
Paulin Banc
Imani Butler
Viivi Forsman
Bastien Gash
Magdalena Hylak
Pierre Morillon
Stage Manager: Christophe Renaud
Sound Arrangement: Marco Parenti
U.S. Consultant: Nicole Birmann Bloom
Nacera Belaza (Choreographer/Artistic Director) was born near Médéa in Algeria and has lived in France since the age of five. After studying modern literature, she founded her own company in 1989. She is a self-taught dancer, driven by the vital need to express herself, to express and unravel the complexity of a dual cultural background. It was during childhood and adolescence, in secret, that her language emerged spontaneously, drawing material first from herself and then from literature. Since then, her work has explored movement in a serene, profound and continuous breath, confronting patience, rigor and simplicity with the “vacarme assourdissant de nos existences”, restoring to gesture its existential utility.
Her work, recognized and acclaimed by the French Ministry of Culture, earned her the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015, and Officier in 2024.
In 2008, Le Cri was awarded the Prix de la révélation by the Syndicat de la Critique. In 2017, SACD also honored his career with the Prix Chorégraphe.
Her work is regularly presented in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. She has set up a cooperative in Algeria, enabling her to work regularly with the country of her origins.
Founded in 2020, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is guided by the values of creation, transmission, and education. Its mission is to support artists and institutions in sharing choreographic heritage while encouraging new productions. Since its launch, Dance Reflections has accompanied numerous companies in their creations as well as multiple institutions in the presentation of their works on the international stage. Since 2022, the program is reinforced each year by major events , such as the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival. In addition to supporting the creation and promotion of choreographic works, Dance Reflections places increasing importance on issues of transmission and education. With its partners, the program organizes residencies for professional dancers as well as actions to raise awareness of choreographic culture open to all. Its network, now consisting of 60 partners from 16 different countries, continues to grow with each project.
Association Jazz Ame – Compagnie Nacera Belaza with the support Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Co-production
Festival d’Automne à Paris; MC93-Bobigny; Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse; Kunstenfestivaldesarts; Charleroi Danse;
Maison de la danse, Lyon – Pôle Européen de Création; Villa Albertine – Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis; Compagnie DCA / La Chaufferie. With the support of La Danse en grande forme (le Cndc-Angers, le CCN-Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture – CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux • La Rochelle, le CCN de Caen en Normandie, Boom’Structur, la Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, le Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble, la MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, Le Phare-CCN du Havre Normandie, le CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, le CCN d’Orléans, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne); with the support of lACCN et de lA-CDCN.
The company is supported by the DRAC – Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d’lle-de-France – Ministère de la Culture as a conventioned company and by the Région Ile-de-France as a permanent artistic and cultural company.
Support for New York Live Arts is provided by the Alex Katz Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, Albertine Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Booth Ferris Foundation, Dance/NYC, Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Lambent Foundation, Marta Heflin Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Muriel Pollia Foundation, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, San Francisco Foundation, Scherman Foundation, Simons Foundation, Studio Institute, The Poss Family Foundation, The Semel Charitable Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Tides Foundation, and Wege Foundation.
Public support for New York Live Arts is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Manhattan Borough President Hoylman-Sigal and City Councilmember Erik Bottcher, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Dance/NYC’s New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program that supports Live Arts subsidizing our studio spaces, is made possible by the Mellon Foundation.
Corporate support for New York Live Arts is provided by Google and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
New York Live Arts is deeply grateful to all the individuals listed below for their vital gifts to New York Live Arts over the last year:
$500,000 and higher
Anonymous
Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker
$100,000-$499,999
Anonymous
Ruth & Stephen Hendel
Eleanor Friedman
Ellen M. Poss
Alex Katz Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
Zoe Eskin
Helen Haje
Suzanne Karpas
Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy
Barbara & Alan Marks
Matthew Putman
Jane Bovingdon Semel & Terry Semel I Semel Charitable Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Dance/NYC
David Dechman & Michel Mercure
Adam Flatto
William Floyd
Colleen Keegan
Darnell L. Moore
Amy Newman & Bud Shulman
Andrea Rosen
Jonathan & Jennifer Soros
Diana Wege / Wege Foundation
$10,000 – $24,999
Anonymous
Jody & John Arnhold
Patricia Blanchet
Paula Cooper
Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy
Terence Dougherty & Pierre Duleyrie
Agnes Gund
Alexes Hazen
Cindy Maude
Michael Malafronte & Julia Haley
Julie Orlando
John Robinson
Thomas Rom
Wendy Smith
Nina Stricker
Pat Stryker
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Warner Bros. Discovery
$5,000 – $9,999
Derrick Adams
Rose C. Cali
Lawton W. Fitt
Jenny Holzer
Jason Keehn
Robert Longo
Ellen Pechman
Randy Polumbo
Herb Ritts, Jr. Foundation
Cindy Sherman
David Schwartz Foundation
Catharine Stimpson
$1,000 – $4,999
Ayala Abrams
The Angelson Family Foundation
Derek Brown & Deborah Hellman
Kathleen Chalfant
Jeannie Colbert
Boykin Curry
Kimberly Drew
Emma Friedman-Cohen
Mimi Garrard
Sandy Gelfond
Sean Giancola
Michael & Deborah Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Thomas & Barbara Gottschalk
Andrew Halliday
Kevin Harter
Tom Hennes
Barbara Hoffman
Michael Houston
Laura & Richard Hunt
Judy Johnson
Bill T Jones & Bjorn Amelan
Andrew Keegan
Gavin Kenny
Esperanza Martinez in memory of Vicktorianna Gardner-Davis
Bella Meyer
Nancy Meyer & Marc Weiss
Susan Micari
Helen Mills & Gary Tannenbaum
Momoko Myre
Alessandra Nicifero
Scott Norman
Mark O’Donnell
Eric Oberstein
Buck Parson
Jordan & Laura Rogove
Erin Rossitto
Dee Dee Sides
Wendy Smith in memory of Jon D. Smith Mickalene Thomas
Robyn Trani
Billie Tsien & Tod Williams in memory of Yvonne Tsien
James A. Turrell & Kyung-Lim Lee Turrell JP Versace
Kimberly Welch
Robert Zweig
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Ford Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Alice Lawrence Foundation
Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Metropolitan Capital Bancorp
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
National Performance Network
New England Foundation for the Arts
New York Community Trust
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Jerome Robbins Foundation
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Scherman Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Theatre Development Fund