La Création du Monde
2018
Athens, Greece

This project included the lighting design for the staging of the production at Athens Concert Hall, with the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera.

Choreographed by Jean Börlin to the music of Darius Milhaud, with a libretto by Blaise Cendrars and stage sets by Fernand Léger, La Création du monde from the Ballets suédois was first presented in 1923 in Paris.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the Fluxum Foundation, the Flux Laboratoryremounted The Creation of the World to collaborate with young graduates of the National School of Contemporary Dance of Athens – KSOT, giving them the opportunity to work alongside Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer. True archaeologists of dance, they specialise in reconstructing ballets whose original choreographies have been lost. For The Creation of the World, they recreated Fernand Léger’s sets and costumes in a version that is both freer and more sculptural than the one originally imagined by the artist. The choreography focuses on the symbolism of the animal, human and divine kingdoms.

Production: Athens State Orchestra,Fluxum Foundation & Flux Laboratory
Photography: Gavriil Papadiotis [GavriiLux]