We should have never walked on the moon
(LA)HORDE
Ballet National de Marseille
In 2022, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting (LA)HORDE and Ballet National de Marseille in the production of We should have never walked on the Moon.
We Should Have Never Walked on the Moon is a danced exhibition that breaks the codes of the museum and the dance stage by exploring the entirety of the buildings it occupies. With this new piece, (LA)HORDE explores the multifaceted future of dance in its relationship with cinema, questioning the place of the body and movement in contemporary narratives, based on the physicality at work in action films and musicals. The exhibition space becomes the site of a new experience, where so many supercharged bodies bustle about, singing and dancing. In reference to the famous Gene Kelly phrase, We Should Have Never Walked on the Moon explores the political and aesthetic scope of technical progress within its complex relationship to reality.
Choreography, installations, and performances will provide the immersive narrative of this exhibition, placing everyone at the border between reality and imagination, inviting them to face multiple realities.
Photo: © François Deladerriere
(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.
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Ballet national de Marseille
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Ballet national de Marseille - direction (LA)HORDE in the creation of a performance from Age of Content, the latest piece by the collective presented at the Louvre to close the exhibition Figures of the fool. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics.
Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse
In 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse for the presentation of nine shows during the 24-25 season.
