Gay Guerrilla
Concept, direction and choreography, GERARD & KELLY*
Music, JULIUS EASTMAN
Spatial installation, GERARD & KELLY in collaboration with SIMON DE DREUILLE*
Costumes, CAMILLE ASSAF*
Lighting, DAVID DEBRINAY*
Assistant choreographer, JULIA EICHTEN
Production manager, VINCENT BROU*
With
SAMUEL AKINS*
SOADE MUSE*
GUILLAUME DIOP*
CONOR HANICK
COLEMAN ITZKOFF
AWA JOANNAIS*
GERMAIN LOUVET*
ENZO SAUGAR*
ADAM TENDLER*
DAVÓNE TINES
RICHARD VALITUTTO*
SETH PARKER WOODS*
* denotes guest artist
Curated by CAROLINE FERREIRA in the framework of festival Move and Moviment. In partnership with the Opéranational de Paris
Co-production Centre Pompidou, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with the support of enoa and the European Union’s Creative Europe program, AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company)
With the support of DRAC Île-de-France and Adidas Paris
With the participation of the Centre LGBTQI+ Paris Île-de-France Residencies, CND Centre national de la danse (Pantin) Yamaha Artists Services (NewYork) Music reproduced by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc.
Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery
*
Premiered June 29, 2023 at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Production photos by Yonathan Kellerman, Hervé Véronèse, and Laurène Valroff
“...Theatrical, queer, combative, true to Eastman, it was not only a life-affirming jolt, but also a vision for new ways to present this composer’s music.”
Best Classical Music Performances of 2023, The New York Times