Wild Cat

A dynamic choreographic form, Wild Cat showcases one of the founding styles of hip hop dance – b-boying – whose technical and aesthetic reinterpretation by the French dance scene evokes the precise and delicate movements of a cat. Constantly evolving – the cast may change as the project takes shape – Wild Cat thus offers a genuine space for individual expression and improvisation, where spatial and gravitational constraints fade away to give life to the poetry of a vibrant dance, thereby paying tribute to the dancers of the moment.

DISTRIBUTION
Choreography: Saïdo Lehlouh
Performers (rotating cast): Ilyess Benali, Hugo Burtel, Kaê Brown Carvalho, Hugo de Vathaire, Sofiane El Boukhari, Evan Greenaway, Timothée Lejolivet
Artistic advisor: Johanna Faye
Lighting: Judith Leray
Music: Awir Léon, Roy Vision, Floyd Shakim
Production manager: Céline Gallet

PRODUCTION
A creation by Cie Black Sheep
Production: Garde Robe
Executive production: Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne
Co-productions: Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines (Fondation de France – Parc de La Villette with the support of the Caisse des Dépôts and the Acsé), WIP Villette, Flow – City of Lille, la Place, Hip-hop cultural centre.
With the support of the DRAC Île-de-France under the 2018 project grant scheme, the Île-de-France Region, ADAMI, the City of Paris under the 2018 residency grant scheme, the National Choreographic Centre of La Rochelle / Poitou-Charentes, Kader Attou / Cie Accrorap, Cie Dyptik, Théâtre 71, national theatre of Malakoff, and Houdremont, state-subsidised theatre of La Courneuve.
Winner of the 2017 Trajectoires Choreography Competition – Trax Festival / Cie Dyptik

Wild Cat premiered on 5 September 2018 at the Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany.