TTS2526-Preljocaj Program

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IT’S TIME TO BE IN THE ROOM AGAIN.

To feel that collective breath, the shared silence, the spontaneous applause that erupts when something extraordinary happens onstage. Thank you for being here tonight— thank you for choosing to show up, to engage, and to be part of something live.

Creating moments of awe—like the one you’re about to experience tonight—is what makes the TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND season so unique. It’s international. It’s deeply curated. It’s intentionally designed to connect across cultures, communities, and generations.

These artists speak through movement. And while it can be hard to put into words, what they create is undeniable when you’re in the room. Diverse. Global. Powerful. Surprising. Moving. That’s the magic of TITAS.

Again, nothing replaces the live experience.

We’re proud to contribute to the international profile of Dallas. We celebrate our adventurous, curious, and passionate audiences. And we recognize the immense value that cultural exchange and the arts bring to our communities. This is the heart of TITAS—it’s how we help shape and elevate the cultural landscape of North Texas.

And every season, new audience members tell us the same thing: "I’m overwhelmed—I had no idea. This was not what I expected."

That reaction? It never gets old. It’s Golden.

After more than four decades of presenting groundbreaking dance, we know the power of what happens when world-class artists meet open-hearted audiences.

And the 2025/26 season will not disappoint.

Ten extraordinary companies from the U.S., Spain, Canada, Taiwan, and France— including three making their Texas or U.S. debut right here in Dallas. Breathtaking artistry, thrilling athleticism, unforgettable performances. This is a season you won’t want to miss.

So thank you.

Thank you for being part of another remarkable year. Thank you for saying yes to live performance. Thank you for supporting TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND and the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

What we do together truly makes a difference.

Charles Santos, Executive Director/Artistic Director TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND

Photo by Brian Guilliaux

Photo Courtesy of Ballet Preljocaj.

TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND

In association with AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents

Ballet Preljocaj (France)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ

DANCERS

Angie Armand Liam Bourbon Simeonov Clara Freschel Mar Gomez Ballester Paul-David Gonto Lucas Hessel

Verity Jacobsen Beatrice La Fata Yu-Hua Lin

Florine Pegat-Toquet Valen Rivat-Fournier Leonardo Santini

GRAVITY

(2018 Creation) Duration 1h20

Choreography .......... Angelin Preljocaj

Music .................... Maurice Ravel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Iannis Xenakis, Dimitri Chostakovitch, Daft Punk, Philip Glass, 79D

Costumes Igor Chapurin

Lighting Éric Soyer

Rehearsal Assistant Paolo Franco

Choreologist Dany Lévêque

Technical Director .... Luc Corazza

General Production and Sound Manager .. Martin Lecarme

Light Manager ........ Gaspard Juan

Stage Manager Michel Pellegrino

Wardrobe Manager ... Tania Heidelberger

Show Sponsor .......... Denise Diana Huddle

Production ............ Ballet Preljocaj

Coproduction ......... Chaillot – théâtre national de la danse – Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Biennale de la danse de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Provence – Aix-en-Provence, Scène nationale d’Albi, Theater Freiburg (Germany)

The Ballet Preljocaj, National Choreographic Centre subsidized by Ministry of Culture and Communication – DRAC PACA, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, Bouches-du-Rhône Department, Aix-Marseille Provence Metropolis, City of Aix-en-Provence, supported by Groupe Partouche - Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence, Individuals and companies sponsors, and private partners.

“Gravitation is one of the four fundamental forces that govern the universe. It refers to the force which means two masses are attracted to one another.

It is invisible, intangible, essential. But it is the force which creates the attraction that we call weight.

For years, these issues of weight, space, speed and mass have intuitively run through my choreographic experiments.

My day-to-day work with the dancers leads me to experiment with forms whose basic components revolve around this question, which is both abstract and terribly concrete.

Today, according to a principle of alternation between pieces based on pure research and more narrative ballets, I expect this set of problems involving gravity to open up new writing spaces for me.”

Angelin Preljocaj

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Angelin Preljocaj founded the company in 1985 in Champigny-sur-Marne (Paris region), Ballet Preljocaj is now settled in Aix-en-Provence since 1996.

Angelin Preljocaj has created 62 choreographic works, ranging from solo to larger formations. He collaborates regularly with other artists in various fields such as music (Goran Vejvoda, Air, Laurent Garnier, Granular Synthesis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Thomas Bangalter), visual arts (Claude Lévêque, Subodh Gupta, Adel Abdessemed), design (Constance Guisset), fashion (Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa, Igor Chapurin), drawing (Enki Bilal), literature (Pascal Quignard, Éric Reinhardt, Laurent Mauvignier), animation movies (Boris Labbé)...

His creations have been restaged by numerous other repertory companies, from which he also receives requests to create new pieces. This has been the case with La Scala in Milan and the New York City Ballet, the Staatsoper in Berlin, and the Paris Opera Ballet. He has received numerous awards (Benois de la danse, Bessie Award, Victoires de la musique, Globe de Cristal. He has also directed and collaborated on several films of his own choreographic work.

His first full-length feature film co-directed with Valérie Muller, Polina, danser sa vie, came out in cinemas November 2016. In April 2019 he was appointed to the Academy of Fine Arts in the new «choreography» section.

In the last few years, he created his version of Swan Lake (2020), then Deleuze/Hendrix (2021). He choreographed and directed Lully’s opera Atys for the Grand Théâtre de Genève (2022). He imagined a short choreography for the Danse Europe! application. For Dior, he created the choreography and the film Roman Night with the dancers of the Rome Opera Ballet (2023). He also participated in the television series Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, as an actor and choreographer. He then created Mythologies with original music by ex-Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter at the

Opéra National de Bordeaux (2022). In 2023, he created Birthday Party for senior performers on a commission from Aterballetto, and Torpeur at Festival Montpellier danse. In 2024, he creates Requiem(s) at Grand Théâtre de Provence.

Since October 2006, the Ballet Preljocaj is settled at the Pavillon Noir, designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti in Aix-en-Provence. The Pavillon Noir is the first production centre built for dance, where artists will be able to go through the entire creative process, from workshops and rehearsals to staging and performance. Performances are programmed all year round, Angelin Preljocaj’s creations and also invited companies, as well as local actions in Aix-en-Provence and neighbouring communities, in order to share its passion for dance with a broader public: video-dance, public rehearsals, contemporary-dance classes and workshops... all means of viewing and understanding dance from different perspectives.

Since 2015, Ballet Preljocaj has also been involved in helping young dancers enter the professional world through Ballet Preljocaj Junior. Each year, six to twelve dancers aged 18 to 25 from partner higher education institutions join the CCN for 11 months, performing pieces from the repertoire, touring with Ballet Preljocaj, and creating their own works.

The Ballet is now composed of 30 permanent dancers and performs about 120 dates per year on tour, in France and abroad.

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Angie Amand - Born in 2005, she trained at the École Nationale de Danse de Marseille. She has completed internships abroad, including at the Batsheva Dance Company and the Broadway Dance Center. She entered Ballet Preljocaj Junior in 2023 then the G.U.I.D. before joining the Ballet on tour.

Beatrice La Fata - Born in 1999 in Italy, she began dancing in her city of Palermo then joined the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de danse In Marseille. She graduated from the Rosella Hightower School in Cannes. She is engaged in May 2020 within the Ballet Preljocaj for the creation of Swan Lake

Clara Freschel - Born in 1993, she trained at the Studio Ballet Colette Armand in Marseille and graduated from the Conservatory in opera singing. She worked with the Ballet Preljocaj as well as the National Dance Center in Angers where she learned Merce Cunningham repertory. She joined the Ballet Preljocaj in 2015 and develops in parallel her personal creations.

Florine Pegat-Toquet - Born in 1995, she entered the National Superior School of Dance of Marseille in 2010 and joined the Cannes Jeune Ballet in 2014. She then joined the Ballet National de Marseille. In 2018, she assists Emio Greco for a creation. In 2020, she joins the Ballet Preljocaj.

Leonardo Santini - Born in Italy in 1999, he studied dance at PontederaDanza and Axe Ballet, then joined the Rudra Béjart school in 2018. He then spent a year at Cannes Jeune Ballet, before entering Ballet Preljocaj Junior in 2021. He worked with Emilie Lalande before joining the Ballet Preljocaj for the creation of LICHT and the restaging of HELIKOPTER.

Liam Bourbon - Born in 2003, he trained at the École Nationale de Danse de Marseille before joining the TAKE OFF DANCE professional training program led by Johan Inger Youth Project in Seville in 2023. He joined the Ballet Preljocaj in 2025 for the creation of LICHT and the revival of HELIKOPTER

Lucas Hessel - Born in 2001, he trained at the PNSD Rosella Hightower in Cannes, then at the VM Ballet in Toulouse and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart. He then joined the Wroclaw Opera in Poland. He created two pieces as part of the “Young Choreographers” program. In 2025, he joined Ballet Preljocaj for the creation of LICHT and the revival of HELIKOPTER.

Mar Gomez - Born in 1998 in Spain, she trained at the Conservatory of dance of Riba-Roja in Valencia, then she entered at Cinevox Junior company in Switzerland, where she got some professional experience on stage. After participating in some other projects she joined Ballet Preljocaj in 2020.

Paul-David Gonto - Born in 2003, Paul-David Gonto began dancing at the Rouen Conservatory before joining the Bach is Black company. He then joined Rick Odums' Professional Training Institute in Paris, while continuing to study at the Rouen Conservatory. In 2022, he entered the Ballet Preljocaj Junior then the company the following year, before joining the permanent team in 2025.

Valen Rivat-Flornier - Born in 1999, he studied dance at the Conservatory of Tarn, alongside hip-hop, dancehall and jazz in Albi. After his baccalauréat, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Lyon. In 2021, he joined the Ballet Preljocaj Junior, then the G.U.I.D before joining the Ballet Preljocaj in 2023.

Verity Jacobsen - Born in Australia, she studied at the New Zealand School of Dance. She has worked with Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts and with the Royal New Zealand Ballet as a movement coach. She has also worked with Dean Walsh, Vicki Van Hout, Fiona Malone, Malia Johnson, Empire of the Sun. She joined the Ballet Preljocaj in 2015.

Yu-Hua Lin - Born in 1997 in Taipei, Taiwan, he graduated from Taipei University of Fine Arts. He has performed pieces by Jiří Kylián, Leigh Warren, Lin Hwaimin, Zhang Xiaoxiong and Wu Jian-wei. He worked with Tussock Dance Theater Taiwan and Bryan Arias. He joined the Ballet Preljocaj in 2021.

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