with the support of the Flemish Government
Jan Martens / CCN - Ballet de Lorraine
with the support of GRIP
© Arno Paul
Created in 2016 as part of the Unknown Pleasures evening at the Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine
Revived in 2025 at the Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine
TURNING BURNING was created in 2016 as part of the Unknown Pleasures program, where five guest choreographers presented a work without signing it.
This anonymity gave Jan Martens the freedom and space to create a piece for a ballet for the first time; but also the opportunity to give free rein to his passion for the motif of repetition and minimalism on a large ensemble scale, while connecting this work to certain emblematic figures of the postmodern and minimalist movements, such as Lucinda Childs and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
After researching jumping in his 2014 show THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER (2014), for TURNING BURNING he focused on rotation, a movement closely linked to ballet.
CHOREOGRAPHY: Jan Martens
MUSIC: NAH
LIGHTING DESIGN: Eric Wurtz
COSTUMES: atelier costumes du CCN - Ballet de Lorraine
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Isabelle Bourgeais
DANCERS: Jonathan Archambault, Aline Aubert, Alexis Baudinet, Malou Bendrimia, Charles Dalerci, Anéva Dubeaux, Mila Endeweld, Inès Hadj-Rabah, Matéo Lagière, Laure Lescoffy, Valérie Ly-Cuong, Andoni Martinez, Lorenzo Mattioli, Clarisse Mialet, Céline Schoefs, Gabin Schoendorf, Mac Twining
PRODUCTION: CCN - Ballet de Lorraine
WITH THE SUPPORT OF GRIP
DURATION: 14 minutes
