(LA)HORDE

Collective
France

Portrait of (LA)HORDE

In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents, in collaboration with Sadler's Wells, Age of Content by (LA)HORDE with the Ballet national de Marseille as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival in London. The initiative is also supporting the creation of a new performance by the collective, presented at the Louvre to close the exhibition Figures of the fool. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics

Founded in 2013, (LA)HORDE is a collective of three artists: Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, and Arthur Harel. Together, they challenge the codes of various artistic disciplines, particularly within the fields  of the performing arts and contemporary art. At the head of the CCN Ballet National de Marseille since September
2019, (LA)HORDE creates choreographic pieces, films, video installations, and performances focused on the body in movement. Using multiple media, they develop scenarios and actions rooted in contemporary issues; these are then set in different narrative spaces. (LA)HORDE collaborates with communities of marginalized individuals—senior citizens, the visually impaired, smokers, adolescents— accompanying them on a journey of artistic solidarity.

Opposed to all forms of hierarchy and cultural appropriation, they focus on interdependence and cooperation. Committed and on the lookout, they are on high alert. The body is at the center of their creation. They create works inspired by different online communities in an attempt to define how dance has evolved since the advent of the internet, and have used the term “post-internet dance” to describe their work.

 

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