Jours effacés
by Rachid Ouramdane
for Léoannis Pupo – Guillon
In 2021, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Opéra de Lyon Ballet in creating Rachid Ouramdane’s jours effacés, a solo piece interpreted by Léoannis Pupo-Guillen as part of the Danser Encore project (2020-2023).
At a time when caring for each other has become essential, Rachid Ouramdane explores the plight of children who care for the adults around them: a role reversal that many young people must shoulder from time to time.
Centered on a solo performance interpreted by dancer Léoannis Pupo-Guillen as a character seemingly gripped by senility, the choreography emerges as a surfacing wave of recollection that a child attempts to recall to the adult in his charge. A way to capture memory through movement. The dance bursts forth like the final grand jeté of Vaslav Nijinsky, performed before a dancer who came to visit him in the psychiatric asylum to which he was committed after losing his mental faculties.
Photo : Rachid Ouramdane © Marc Domage
Rachid Ouramdane
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Villa Hegra in collaboration with Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, for the presentation of Vertigo by Rachid Ouramdane, Chassol and Nathan Paulin with the Compagnie de Chaillot.
Dance Reflections is also supporting the presentation of Corps Extrêmes at Théâtre de la Ville, as part of Chaillot Nomade, Chaillot's off-site programming. Dance Reflections is also supporting Lincoln Center for the presentation of Tordre by Rachid Ouramdane.
