Josef Nadj & Ákos Szelevényi: Entracte

Nadj attended art school and the University of Budapest where he studied art and music history. At the same time, he took classes in wrestling and martial arts and studied self-expression by way of movement and theater classes. On the advice of his drama teacher, he left Budapest for Paris, where he arrived in 1980. He studied at the Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Marcel Marceau from 1980 to 1982, then from 1982 to 1983, at the school of Etienne Decroux. At the same time, he took dance classes from Yves Cassati and Larri Leong, as well as with Japanese dancers. In 1986 he founded his own company called Théâtre JEL, in 1988 he became resident choreographer at the Centre de Production Chorégraphique of Orléans, then in 1990 he became “associated creator” of the Centre de Production Chorégraphique of Orléans for three years. Since 1995, Josef Nadj has been the director of the Centre Choregraphique National d’Orléans.
 

’You come out disturbed from Entracte. Nadji and his company captured us once again with their choreographic spell.’ /LES ECHOS/
 

With Entracte Josef Nadj enters the territory of a fundamental text of Chinese civilization and wisdom: the I Ching or the Book of Changes, a collective work developed over the centuries. The book consists of 64 figures (known as hexagrams, as they are composed of six lines, positive or negative), which, starting from real elements, propose a description of the universe in all its infinite possibilities. This description lies on the principle according to which everything changes constantly, as each figure can turn into another one. Nadj will refer especially to water, which hasn’t got its shape but takes the one of the object that contains it. On stage four dancers and four musicians. The music of Akosh Szelevenyi is the beating heart of the piece, out of it the decision of having the musicians in the centre of the stage.
 

Choreography, scenography: Josef Nadj
Music: Szelevényi Ákos
Light: Rémi Nicolas; assistant: Lionel Colet
Sound: Jean-Philippe Dupont
Scene:
Olivier Berthel, Clément Dirat, Julien Fleureau, Julien Brochard, Jacqueline Bosson
Costume: Françoise Yapo; assistant: Karin Wehner
Technical direction: Sébastien Dupont
Sound engineering: Steven Le Corre, Jean-Philippe Dupont
Light engineering: Lionel Colet
Stage: Alexandre De Monte
Dancers:
Ivan Fatjo, Peter Gemza, Cécile Loyer, Josef Nadj
Musicians:
Benkő Róbert, Eric Brochard, Gildas Etevenard, Szelevényi Ákos
Production manager: Martine Dionisio
 

Production of Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans.
 

Co-production:
Théâtre de la Ville - Párizs, la Filature , Scène Nationale – Mulhouse, l’Opéra de Lille
 

With the support of:
Carré Saint Vincent-Scène Nationale d’Orléans, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication-Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles du Centre, CulturesFrance-Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes, Orléans városa, Conseil Général du Loiret