<p><strong></strong>Created for 8 dancers at the Biennale de Lyon, on September <strong>1998</strong> <br />Recreated in a version for 24 dancers at the Komische Oper of Berlin in <strong>2002</strong>. <br />This spectacle has been recreated in May <strong>2008</strong> for the Op&eacute;ra de Toulon-Provence-M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e. It will be played again in this theater in december 2009.</p>
<p><strong>Direction and choreography</strong>: Blanca Li <br />Music: Stelio Vlavianos, Erik Satie, Charles Koechlin, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faur&eacute;, Maurice Ravel, Micheal Daughterty.  <br />Lights: Nicolas Salvatori</p>
<p><strong>Co-production</strong>:  Biennale  de la Danse in Lyon, Maison des Arts in Cr&eacute;teil, Moulin du Roc in Niort,  with the help of the Caisse des D&eacute;p&ocirc;ts et Consignations.</p>
<p>&laquo;<em>I started on the idea of a pure  choreographic piece, putting the emphasis on the beauty of nearly naked  bodies.  I was naturally guided in my inspiration by Greek statuary.  While looking for images and movements, I found myths, heroes, an  inhibited approach of nature and sex, philosophy, humor, and above all,  aesthetics, the sense of beauty underneath all creation. Then I wove  different themes, the Minotaur and the animal rituals from Crete,  Narcissus, Pygmalion, the Amazons, Athena, figures from Greek temples  and ceramics, Dyonisos festivities, love, war, the Olympic birth of  sports.  For the ambiance, I recalled my childhood memories of Mediterranean  landscapes, the blinding midday light, the sound of crickets and wind in  pinetrees.  The show will be interpreted by 12 dancers. The white colour has been  chosen for costumes and set, owing to its purity and elegance. For  music, I found in some classical and modern composers&rsquo; work the Hellenic  inspiration that has also inspired so many contemporary talents (Satie,  Debussy, Faur&eacute;, Ravel, K&oelig;chlin, Ted Shawn, Nijinsky, Martha Graham,  etc&hellip;)</em>&raquo;  Blanca Li</p>