CCN – Ballet de Lorraine

Together with the dancers of the CCN Ballet de Lorraine, Adam Linder continues his research into hybrid forms of dance, treating these rare physical evolutions like precious jewels. Of particular interest is how the vocabulary of ballet can adapt its DNA by absorbing influences that are street-related, somatic and theatrical. Acid Gems looks to Balanchine’s Jewels for inspiration, updating Balanchine’s idea of imbuing (balletic) forms with the qualities of gem stones: the multiple facets, processes of crystallization and radiance. The result is a high-spirited, kaleidoscopic piece set in a powerful visual landscape. — CCN Ballet de Lorraine

Adam Linder was born in 1983 in Sydney, Australia. He is based in Berlin. Linder’s practice focuses on the specifics of dance and how different forms or genres relate to notions of technology, desire, value and power. Linder’s early training at Royal Ballet School in London was later consolidated during formative years spent with The Michael Clark Company and Meg Stuart’s Damaged Goods where he began to develop the critical and experimental strands that inform his choreographic work. His extensive embodiment of multiple forms of dance informs the virtuosic nature of his choreographic handwriting. In the visual art context, Linder gained recognition with his Choreographic Services (2013-ongoing), a series of performative works that can be hired on an hourly basis. Linder is currently preparing a solo show at MCA/ Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney, Australia to open in 2023.

Following her studies at the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier, Maud Le Pladec danced for choreographers such as Georges Appaix, Loïc Touzé, Mathilde Monnier, Mette Ingvartsen, and Boris Charmatz. In January 2017, she succeeded Josef Nadj as director of the National Choreographic Center of Orleans, where she has since premiered Borderline with the stage director Guy Cassiers, Je n’ai jamais eu envie de disparaître with the writer Pierre Ducrozet, the solo Moto-Cross, and Twenty-seven perspectives for the 2018 Festival Montpellier Danse. In 2021, she presented Static Shot with the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine, and counting stars with you (musiques femmes), a creation dedicated to women composers in the musical heritage. Her next creation for 2022, Silent Legacy, will be a duo between 8-year-old krump prodigy Adeline Kerry Cruz and professional contemporary dancer Audrey Merilus.