Aix-en-Provence

Brilliant and unusual, Paysage après la bataille is built on opposition. Between the travel writer Joseph Conrad, author of Au c?ur des ténèbres, and the visual artist Marcel Duchamp, father of the ready-made; between two approaches to art, one instinctive, the other conceptual. This confrontation has become choreographic material for Angelin Preljocaj, who unleashes his dance in spectacular sequences. Violence, passion and skin-deep sensuality come together in an array of styles, from the most stripped-down to the most kitsch, from provocative masculine rounds to erotic arabesque slow-motion? All these questions about art and creation, coupled with a reflection on dance, are spun to the rhythm of a composite soundtrack introduced by Umberto Tozzi?s slow Ti Amo. All in all, it says it all.