Le Grand Bal

Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari are hip-hop choreographers. Together, they run Compagnie Dyptik as a deep collaboration. They both stand up for hip-hop in the plural form. They are in the street and also on stage, and have created a festival to showcase young authors. To keep their dancing practice mixed, they have traveled the world to meet Malagasy, Mali, and Palestinian dancers with different conceptions of the form. In 2019, Meghari and Marchiche were awarded the New Talent Choreography Award (Nouveau Talent Chorégraphie). They are a duo of curious, insatiable artists who create highly relevant work in an impertinent way.

Choreographed by Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari
Dancers: Mounir Amhiln, Charly Bouges, Yohann Daher, Nicolas Grosclaude, Hava Hudry, Beatrice Mognol, Davide Salvadori, Alice Sundara
Music creation: Patrick De Oliveira
Lighting: Richard Gratas & François-Xavier Gallet-Lemaitre
Scenography: Hannah Daugreilh
Painter: Loïc Niwa
Costumes: Hannah Daugreilh & Sandra Bersot

Coproduction and support:
La Compagnie Dyptik, Les Studios Dyptik, Maison De La Danse & Biennale De La Danse De Lyon, Stora Teatern – Goteborg, La Comédie – CDN de St Etienne, Théâtre Des Bergeries – Noisy Le Sec (artiste associé), IADU La Villette, CCN du Havre – Cie Massala, Théâtre Jean Lurçat – Scène Nationale d’Aubusson, Théâtre De Cusset (artiste associé), Amman Contemporary Dance Festival, Théâtre Du Parc – Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Domaine De Bayssan – Béziers, Centre Culturel Athena – La Ferté Bernard, L’Avant Seine – Théâtre De Colombes, Sémaphore – Théâtre de la ville d’Irigny, DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Conseil Départemental de la Loire, Ville de St Etienne, ADAMI, SPEDIDAM, Conseil Départemental de Seine-St-Denis, Institut Français

Supported by FUSED, a program of Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (“The Joyce,” Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a non-profit organization, has proudly served the dance community for more than four decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 495 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance includes over 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000.