Programme

Ballet national de Marseille / (LA)HORDE

Après moi, le déluge

20.–22.8.2026

Age recommendation: 16 years

Duration 1 h 15 min

“Après moi, le déluge” by (LA)HORDE portrays a world in crisis and uses dance to explore social fears and inner conflicts. Twelve dancers from the Ballet national de Marseille embody the tensions of the present and present dance as a form of resistance and change.

In a world shaken by crises, the new work by (LA)HORDE is an attempt to create new imaginaries in order to collectively dismantle the inner and social monsters of today. Twelve dancers from the Ballet national de Marseille, which the collective has directed since 2019, embody the contradictory forces of the present moment. Blending hyperrealism, poetry, and the grotesque, “Après moi, le déluge” extends (LA)HORDE’s exploration of dance as a means of transgressing imposed narratives. The result is a choreography driven by the energy of revolt, like a final explosion to shake the foundations of the old world. 

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Artist's Note by (LA)HORDE

“Après moi, le déluge” (“After me, the flood”) emerges at a tipping point, in a fragile moment when the world seems to lose its footing. Beneath the weight of ongoing crises and collective exhaustion, bodies collapse and soften, beginning to come apart even before the performance starts.

The dance starts moving against the current of time, reaching back toward what came before the catastrophe, before erosion and fatigue set in. But turning back requires a decisive act: the ground splits open, the stage is torn apart, a chasm appears. From this breach rise hybrid, monstrous figures shaped by our shared narratives, our silences, and our renunciations.

In this underground space, the dancers reenact the structures that shape our world: power, legacy, domination, but also the possibility of transformation. The scenes unfold as micro-rituals in which care may heal yet also constrain, where tenderness slips into control and attention carries quiet forms of surveillance.

Following Room with a View and Age of Content, this creation extends an ongoing exploration of dance as a way to transgress imposed narratives. “Après moi, le déluge” is a collective introspection, a descent beneath everyday gestures and systems of power, questioning how we look, how we care, how we transmit, and how we might change.

  • Cast

    Concept & Direction

    LA(HORDE) – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel

    By & with

    Nina Auerbach, Isaïa Badaoui, Alida Bergakker, Arno Brys, Isla Clarke, Pierpaolo Cosentino, Titouan Crozier, João De Castro Franca, Nathan Gombert, Jonatan Myhre Jørgensen, Yoshiko Kinoshita, Dana Pajarillaga, Kevin Pajarillaga, Aya Sato, Gabriella Sibeko, Eden Solomon, Elena Valls Garcia, Luca Völkel, Layne Paradis Willis, Lung Ssu Yen (Alternating Cast)

    Choreography

    (LA)HORDE in cooperation with the dancers and rehearsal directors of the Ballet national de Marseille

    Artistic Collaboration Choreography

    Valentina Pace, Jacquelyn Elder, Angel Martinez Hernandez, Julien Monty

    External Advisor

    Alain Damasio

    Set Design

    (LA)HORDE, Julien Peissel

    Engineering

    Hervé Cherblanc

    Technical Advisors

    Rémi d’Apolito, Julien Parra, Sébastien Mathé

    Artistic Coordination

    Nadia El Hakim

    Original Music

    Pierre Aviat

    Light Design

    Eric Wurtz

    Collaborator Light Design

    Gaspard Juan

    Costume

    Salomé Poloudenny & (LA)HORDE

    Costume Production

    Salomé Poloudenny assisted by Sandra Pomponio and Agathe Palthey

    Set Construction

    Workshops of the Comédie de Genève, Sud Side les ateliers

    Builders of the Comédie de Genève

    Yannick Bouchex, Hugo Bertrand, Balthazar Boisseau, Janju Bozon, Wondimu Bussy. Thanks to Yves Frohle und Pierre Olympieff.

    Decoration

    Osman El Hakim, Sandrine Boutin, Myriam Valet, Cristian Zurita

    Camera Housing Design

    Marius Perraud

    Background Visual

    Felix Keslassy

    SFX

    CLSFX Atelier 69

    Sound Spatialization

    Mélodie Souquet

    General Stage Management

    Rémi d’Apolito

    Intimacy Coordination

    Julie De Bohan – ICIE

    Advisor Acrobatics

    Nin Khelifa

    Voice Coaching

    Melody Louledjian

  • Credits

    Production Ballet national de Marseille

    Co-production La Comédie de Genève, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, Chaillot Théâtre national de la Danse, Charleroi danse – Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Sadler’s Wells, Agora Cité internationale de la danse – Centre chorégraphique national Montpellier Occitanie, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Maison de la Danse de Lyon, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – scène nationale, Théâtre de Lorient – Centre dramatique national, TAP – Scène nationale de Grand Poitiers, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Théâtre des Salins – Scène nationale de Martigues, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Madrid en Danza, Mercat de les Flors

    Supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

    In partnership with ASICS

    Residency Théâtre des Salins – Scène nationale de Martigues

    With the support of Lieux Publics – CNAREP (National Centre for Street Arts and Public Space) & Pôle européen de production

    Thanks to the permanent and intermittent teams of the Ballet national de Marseille

    The CCN Ballet national de Marseille – directed by (LA)HORDE – receives support from the Ministry of Culture / Directorate-General for Artistic Creation, the DRAC Paca, and the City of Marseille.

    In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele 

Further Information

Visitor note

A hazer (fog machine) will be used. There are passages with high volume. Hearing protection will be available free of charge.

Dates of production

Location

Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstr. 24, 10719 Berlin

The Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Schaperstraße 24 has wheelchair access without steps to the foyer and to the auditorium on the ground floor. A wheelchair accessible lift is available for the upper foyers. This lift is equipped with tactile lettering. There is a WC on the ground floor for persons with restricted mobility.

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