Zéphyr

Tonight, the winds are high. Propellers are spinning. Sails are flapping. Suddenly, ten dancers throw themselves against the elements. This sort of hand-to-hand is typical of the Käfig company; with their director Mourad Merzouki, the artists strive to imbue hip-hop with a great variety of dance types. Zephyr is a tribute to a major part of our house’s history and identity: in the 1980s, the Lyon advent of this free, spontaneous expression of urban culture occurred on the very forecourt of our Opera.

Premiered in 2021
A Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Cie Käfig production
A Département de la Vendée / Maison des Arts de Créteil co-production

Distribution:
Director and choreographer: Mourad Merzouki
Assisted by: Marjorie Hannoteaux
Composer: Armand Amar
Set designer: Benjamin Lebreton
Lighting: Yoann Tivoli
Assisted by: Nicolas Faucheux
Costume designer: Émilie Carpentier
Performers (alternating):
Soirmi Amada, Ethan Cazaux, Emma Guillet, Ludovic Collura, Adrien Lichnewsky, Simona Machovičova, Fanny Mansot, Camilla Melani, Mourad Messaoud, Tibault Miglietti, James Onyechege, Vanessa Petit, Wissam Seddiki

Running Time: 1 hour 10 minut