As far as my memory goes, weddings have always seemed to me like strange tragedies: by Balkan tradition or just the fantasy of a temperamental child, I knew that the mystery would grow progressively around the bride, always absent from the festivities. The bridesmaids would change her into currency, passing from one family to another, and then she would appear at the ultimate moment, when all the spirits dim from a full day of ecstasy, staring at her, a veiled reflection of the drama which they could no longer ignore.

Then offering herself in a back-to-front version of a funeral ritual, she would walk slowly, her eyes brimming with tears, towards the consented rape.

Angelin Preljocaj

Creation 1989 for 10 dancers

Duration

35 minutes

Choreography  

Angelin Preljocaj

Music  

Igor Stravinski, Noces

Interpretation

Percussions de Strasbourg and Choeur contemporain d'Aix-en-Provence

Conducted by  

Roland Hayrabedian

Costumes  

Caroline Anteski

Lights

Jacques Chatelet

Notation  

Noémie Perlov, Dany Lévêque