within Festival international de Danse Contemporaine

“I want to create a space in which time is irrelevant, a space in which we can touch the infinite and share something at last” is how Nacera Belaza describes the motivation for her work.

With Le Cercle, a duet she created for Algerian dancers (and that is part of the work Le Trait, together with La Nuit et Le Coeur and L’Oubli) Belaza goes on a voyage of discovery in which passages citing classical Algerian dances and holy rituals are combined with her own forms of expression.

choreography: Nacera Belaza
dance: Mohamed Ali Djermane, Lotfi Mohand Arab
sound and light design: Nacera Belaza
light: Éric Soyer
sound editing and general direction: Christophe Renaud,
Benoît Rapidel
co-production: Festival d’Avignon, Bonlieu – scène nationale d’Annecy, Moussem (.eu), Le Parc de la Villette, Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati, Fabbrica Europa
creation residencies: Le Prisme; PACT Zollverein, Essen;
Théâtre national de Cavaillon – scène nationale; La Faïencerie – Creil, Le Forum – scène conventionnée de Blanc-Mesnil; Teatro Era, Pontedera
with the support of: DRAC Ile-de-France, Région Ile-de-France,
Ambassade de France en Algérie, European Union, Institut français
Deutschland – Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse, with the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication/DGCA (Bourse d’aide à la coproduction)