In Un autre rêve américain, the goal of the young choreographer Éric Oberdorff’s creation is clearly to set his dance in a counterculture tradition. The glorious successful poses of golden boys are replaced with the collapsing bodies of dropouts and society’s rejects left behind by the dreamed American way of life. He uses a delicate rounded body-language which is suddenly electrified by uncontrollable fits of noise and fury, close to “rock and roll” spirit.

Éric Oberdorff founded the Compagnie Humaine in 2002 and since then has presented a form of dance using contact and counter-weight originated from his practice of martial arts.

Creation 2008 For 4 dancers Choreography and stagedesign Éric Oberdorff Music Appart, Tom Waits, John Cage, Billie Holiday, Patti Smith Texts Bukowski, Brautigan, Kerouac, harrison Costumes Philippe Combeau Lights Bruno Schembri Scenery set builder Christian Lovasco Choreographer's assistant Laurent Trincal Coproduction Ballet Preljocaj, Compagnie Humaine Help to creation Région PACA, DRAC PACA Patronage Wearmoi Company subsidised by le Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication With the support of la Ville de Nice, la Ville de Cannes, le Conseil général des Alpes-Maritimes