Leïla Ka - Aerowaves

To cut loose

France The Twenty23

In a nightgown. Immaculate, splashing white. In the midst of a thick darkness, that of the night, place of fantasies, darkness, dreams, letting go. It is a body in full pulsation, an attempt at revolt, at rebellion. An indestructible and indomitable desire for freedom. That of escaping the shackles, of putting an end to the injunctions, of cracking the seams of conditioning, of boiling down the assignments.
On a bare stage, lectures are raining. There is the one who receives them, seems vulnerable, and the one that nothing stops, insolent, whose body like a caged lion tries to free itself. On a crescendo of electro basses, a body that shouts loud and clear that it must exult at all costs.

Biography

Leïla Ka began her journey as a dance artist with urban dances which she quickly crossed with other influences. Having performed in Maguy Marin’s May B, she draws from this experience a danced theatricality that she integrates into her choreographic research.

She started choreographing in 2018 when she premiered her first solo, Pode Ser, awarded five times internationally and performed more than 140 times since its creation. She has also created a duet C’est toi qu’on adore (2020) and a second solo piece To cut loose (2022).

Leïla is now an associate artist at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, at La Garance – scène nationale de Cavaillon, in long-term residence at Espace 1789 and she is accompanied by the Tremplin network (support for emerging choreographers).

In 2022, she received the Choreographic Revelation Award from the Syndicats de la critique with To cut loose and with Bouffées, a short piece for five dancers, she won the first prize at the international competition Danse Élargie of Théâtre de la Ville de Paris. She is currently working on a longer version of Bouffées, which will be her first full length piece and will be premiered in November 2023.

Performances

1 June 2024 Three Aerowaves Solos at Mercat de les Flors Barcelona, Spain Find out more

21 December 2023 To cut loose in Château-Gontier Château-Gontier, France Find out more

12 December 2023 To cut loose in Cherbourg Cherbourg, France Find out more

29 November 2023 To cut loose in GAP Gap Find out more

25 November 2023 To cut loose in AIX Pavillon Aix-en-Provence, France Find out more

17 August 2023 To cut loose at B.Motion festival – Operaestate Bassano del Grappa Find out more