Can sound serve as a vehicle for thought? Or an observation tool? What happens when the space between the visual and auditory is stretched? Can that space be choreographed? Plage Romantique is a playful examination of these questions as well as many others, harnessing the effectiveness of the choreographic process as a revelatory means.

Emanuel Gat was born in Israel in 1969. His first encounter with dance was at the age of 23 during a workshop led by Israeli choreographer Nir Ben Gal. Few months later he joined the Liat Dror Nir Ben Gal Company with whom he toured internationally.

He started working as an independent choreographer in 1994. Ten years later Emanuel founded his company Emanuel Gat Dance at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, with whom he has created several pieces of which Winter Voyage (2004) and The Rite of Spring (2004) won a Bessie Award. Then he settled in France, at the Maison Intercommunale de la Danse in Istres where he created in France Silent Ballet (2008), Winter variations (2009) and Brilliant Corners (2011).

Emanuel is regularly invited to set his work and create new choreographies for dance companies around the world including: The Paris Opera Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tanztheater Bremen, Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Ballet de Marseille, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Polish National Ballet, Ballet de Lorraine and Cedar Lake among others.

Choreography, lights and soundtrack: Emanuel Gat
Soundtrack created in collaboration with François Przybylski and Frédéric Duru
With: Hervé Chaussard, Aurore Di Bianco, Pansun Kim, Michael Lohr, Geneviève Osborne, François Przybylski, Rindra Rasoaveloson, Milena Twiehaus and Sara Wilhelmsson
Production: Emanuel Gat Dance
Co production: Festival Montpellier Danse 2014

Performance starts at 8 p.m.

Ticket price

2400 HUF / Student: 1900 HUF
General Season Pass is valid
Twin Pass is valid

Source: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts