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La BOLA

La Ribot

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de verre for the presentation of LaBOLA by La Ribot, as part of Les Inaccoutumés Festival 2023.

Created in 2022 for the monographic exhibition A escala humana in Madrid, La BOLA, is a moving human sphere, occupying spaces and carrying objects, costumes and audience in its wake. In this game of ever-changing colors and registers, LaBOLA never allows itself to be contained. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Greek mythology, surrealist painting, the looks of Punk musicians and our human experiences, LaBOLA opens an infinite perspective for the imaginations of its protagonists as well as its audience. This piece creates a playful rapport with its audience: everyone is free to move about and see the action ­­­­­from the vantage point they chose– to move as LaBola passes by or to let themselves be carried away by its movement. Devoid of all artifice, on the same level as the audience, LaBOLA encapsulates fundamental elements of La Ribot’s work. This piece puts bodies in dialogue with objects, clothes and text and calls up notions of scale, passage, time and movement.

Photo: © Pablo Lorente

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La Ribot

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de verre for the presentation of LaBOLA by La Ribot, as part of Les Inaccoutumés Festival 2023.

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Poster of Les Inaccoutumés Spring 2025

La Ménagerie de verre - Les Inaccoutumés

In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ménagerie de Verre as part of Les Inaccoutumés Spring Festival 2025.

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