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NÔT
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Maison de la Danse for the presentation of NÔT by Marlene Monteiro Freitas.
For her new piece NÔT, presented at the opening of the 2025 Festival d’Avignon, the Cape Verdean choreographer draws inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights. Her aesthetic resonates with this centuries-old work of oral literature with its abundance of stories and details, its union of opposites and its exploration of evil. In every performance, the dancers enact a duel between reality and desire, love and war, grotesque and sublime, alienation and freedom.