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French Collective (La)Horde Brings Cinematic Flair to Dance
Beloved by Marion Cotillard and sought after by Madonna, French collective (La)Horde brings cinematic verve and punk energy to dance.
One experiences their work as one would a fervid, late-night Wikipedia binge, making synaptic links as influences from David Cronenberg, Kim Kardashian, Gene Kelly, Will Wright and Ludwig Wittgenstein collide and collapse onstage. Though troupe co-founders Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel have brought shows to Los Angeles and New York in recent years, and have choreographed several numbers for Madonna ’s ongoing Celebration Tour, they remain artistic directors of the Ballet National de Marseille – where they might stay, if they so choose, until 2029. All of those threads entwined in (La)Horde’s most recent production, “Age of Content” – a playfully postmodern show that remixed Tik Tok dances with Old Timey musical numbers, while casting Juicy Couture clad dancers as video-game characters, programmed by an unseen hand.
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