Ad Libitum

Simon Le Borgne & Ulysse Zangs

North American Premiere

Oct 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30pm

Runtime: 50 min. No intermission.
Age recommendation: 12+
Content Warning: Performers may engage in physical contact with audience members.
No Late Seating.

A Latin expression, literally meaning “in accordance with one’s wishes or until satiety,” Ad Libitum is a piece about the desire to create, to step outside oneself, to expand. Dancer Simon Le Borgne and musician Ulysse Zangs explore the idea of molting, of emptying yourself through dance and live music. Driven by a musical score of drums, electric guitar and synths, the performance expresses the need to change skin and shed all substance, as well as the need to embody yourself; to fill your own container.
The artists build a choreographic and musical dialogue, focused on the energy that circulates between people and the rhythms that are central to all human beings: breathing and heartbeats. The result is a performance that allows the viewer to experience humanity in its entirety: decomposition giving way to blossoming ; the fall of a body allowing a new spurt of life.

With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Supported by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation through the FUSED program.

Photo credits: © David Le Borgne

Ticket prices:
Non-Member: $30
L'Alliance New York Member: $20
Ages 28 & Under: $15

Members' only pre-sale from Aug 6-13.
Sales to the general public begin Aug 14.

Early bird ticket buyers save 10% when they purchase their tickets by Aug 28.

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