Les Oiseaux

Lenio Kaklea (Greece / France)

Minimum age 12+
70 minutes
Pay what you can - A - Support: € 28,00
Pay what you can - A - Suggested rate: € 22,00
Pay what you can - A - Basic: € 14,00
-30: € 7,00
Mon 17.11.25 – 20:15 Budascoop Kortrijk
A swarm of performers investigates the thin line between freedom and control

From the classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes to the horror birds of Alfred Hitchcock, birds are a recurrent theme. In Les oiseaux choreographer Lenio Kaklea takes her inspiration from the behaviour of birds – their dance, their song, their battle to be seen. Just like in the sometimes striking courtship rituals the seven dancers on stage show their unique flair within a collective rhythm, swinging between human and animal, freedom and control.

But where does freedom begin and where does control sneak in ? Lenio Kaklea and her flying dancers take you along in a movement through space and time like migrating birds that cross country borders. From a bird's eye view she takes a sharp look at our society – one in which identity, visibility and power are shifting continuously. A powerful, visual dance performance that connects body and ecology with the world we live in.
“Working around the figure of the bird is a way to try to understand ourselves better and to look at the human being in a critical way.”

Lenio Kaklea
Lenio Kaklea is a dancer, choreographer, director and artist born in Athens and settled in Paris. She studied classical ballet and American modern techniques. In 2005 she received the Pratsika Foundation Prize and she moved to France where she studied at the CNDC in Angers. In her practice she uses a wide range of media, such as choreography, text and video. Themes like feminism, identity and post-colonial criticism are clear anchors in her work.
Choreography, and Stage Direction: Lenio Kaklea
Performance: Nefeli Asteriou, Liza Baliasnaja, Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Luisa Heilbron, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Dimitri Mytilinaios, Jaeger Wilkinson
Text and dramaturgy in collaboration with Lou Forster
Sound Composition and Technical Direction: Eric Yvelin
Set: Clio Boboti
Lights: Jean-Marc Ségalen
Costumes: Olivier Mulin
Scientific Interlocutor: Thierry Aubin, Research Director in bioacoustics at the CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
Trapeze Instructor: Christina Souyoultzi
Comercial Choreography: Mike Demetriou
Production Management: Olivier Poujol
Distribution: Fanny Verilizier
Production: abd
Co-production: Biennale of Charleroi Dance/Choreographic Center of Wallonie and Bruxelles (BE), The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Los Angeles (US), Le festival d’automne (FR), CCN/Ballet de Lorraine (FR), Théâtre de la Vignette (FR), NEXT Festival (BE), CCN/ Ballet National de Marseille (FR).
With the support of the Montpellier Dance Festival, the CNDC/Atelier de Paris and the Carreau du Temple.