Battles

The battles proposed in The 25th Hour are performance moments that bring into play the capacities of listening and improvisation of the interpreters involved in this confrontation at the limits of the duet and the duel.

night of 13 to 14

Erwan Keravec
Daniel Linehan
Just out of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's school P.A.R.T.S., Daniel Linehan is a revelation of the new American choreographic scene. He is meeting Erwan Keravec, a bagpipes virtuoso who has stepped out of the established frameworks to have us discover new directions for music.

night of 16 to 17

Simone Forti
Philipp Gehmacher
A choreographer and dancer, the American Simone Forti is participating in the development of post-modern dance at the Judson Church Theater, where she has worked with Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs and Steve Paxton. Here, she is joined by the Austrian choreographer Philipp Gehmacher.

night of 18 to 19

Jeanne Balibar
Marlène Saldana
A member of the artistic core of the Compagnie du Zerep, run by Sophie Perez and Xavier Boussiron, the actress Marlène Saldana meets another actress of the theatre and cinema, Jeanne Balibar.   

night of 20 to 21

Eleanor Bauer
François Chaignaud
Trained at P.A.R.T.S., an interpreter for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Boris Charmatz, whom she accompanies in the two shows he is presenting this year at the Festival d'Avignon, the American dancer and choreographer Eleanor Bauer faces François Chaignaud, a choreographer and dancer, also present at the Festival with two shows.

night of 23 to 24

Alex Baczynski-Jenkins
Brendan Dougherty
Meg Stuart
The American choreographer Meg Stuart improvises, with two interpreters, her new creation VIOLET: the dancer Alex Baczynski-Jenkins and the musician Brendan Dougherty.

night of 24 to 25

Boris Charmatz
Médéric Collignon
The dancer Boris Charmatz meets the cornet player Médéric Collignon and renews the experience of the duet or the duel.