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Throwback Thursday #1

I guess Throwback Thursday is pretty self-explanatory, but this is Throwback Thursday with a twist. Here is a brand new edit made from Julia Gat's footage of SUNNY at Philharmonie de Paris last spring...
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Dance against prejudice

Tanec Praha just celebrated its 30th anniversary, presenting a total of one hundred events and attracting over 9.000 visitors in Prague and all over the Czech Republic. Under the motto Dance against prejudice this year’s edition presented productions by Jiří Kylián, Eun Me-Ahn, Louise Lecavalier, Germaine Arcogny, Emanuel Gat & Awir Leon and many more. From...
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Nothing is really new

Somehow we tend to get intimidated once we enter a theatre to see a dance show. There’s a fear that we don’t understand what it’s all about, that there’s a hidden message that needs to be deciphered. But you don’t have to know a lot about dance to enjoy SUNNY. We’ve all danced before, we’ve all...
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Sunny at Dansens Hus

Slippery, free and sunny

Who doesn’t love Google Translate? It’s not only one of the most useful web tools out there, but probably also the most poetic. It doesn’t just translate the content of an article but adds an almost artistic layer to it. At least to my weird mind. SUNNY at Stockholm’s Dansens Hus was a big success....
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From Montpellier to Paris

SUNNY, like all of Emanuel’s work, is continuously evolving, changing and growing. The piece we premiered at the Venice Biennale in June 2016 surely looks very different from the piece we’re currently performing. The choreographic material, our set of rules and the framework in which we move stayed exactly the same but our choices and...
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Dance and Music

Emanuel sat down with Agnès Izrine to talk about the relationship between dance and music in his work, and his collaborations with electronic musician Awir Leon in SUNNY and the Ensemble Modern in his upcoming creation STORY WATER. Read the full interview below:
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Self-protrait by Emanuel Gat

The facts from A to Z

On the occasion of our latest performance of the Emanuel Gat / Awir Leon collaboration piece SUNNY at Opéra de Rouen – Théâtre des Arts, Vinciane Laumonier talked with Emanuel about the creation process behind the show and his general views on choreography, music and lighting. The interview was held and published in French, please read below....
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Sunny by Emanuel Gat

It’s Sunny in Germany

SUNNY by Emanuel Gat & Awir Leon is back! After a half-year break the piece is finally touring again with Thomas Bradley, Pétér Juhász and Emma Mouton joining the cast. Until the end of the year we will still perform in Rouen and Mulhouse (FR). The next year will bring us to several cities in...
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The winners are…

I don’t really know what to say except that i feel blessed and flattered beyond words to receive a mention in TANZ magazine’s annual international critics poll in the ‘Male Dancer of the Year’ category. It’s definitely a huge boost of motivation to continue pushing myself further and further. Thank you Agnès Izrine for your...
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