Synopsis Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève With Mirage, Damien Jalet presents his first creation for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre, where he has been an associated artist since 2022. Mirage also constitutes the fourth chapter of his collaboration with Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa. After VESSEL (2016), Mist (2021) and Planet [wanderer] (2023; 2021 at GTG), they continue their exploration of nature in perpetual metamorphosis of living beings, fusing their respective disciplines and confronting the human body with different materials. Inspired by the phenomenon of mirages and the fata morgana (optical illusions associated with weather conditions caused by the distortion of light as it passes through layers of air with different temperatures), Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa portray a wandering humanity in a metaphorical desert, in search of itself. Through a series of transformations, the piece gradually strips the performers, layer by layer, exploring an infinite variety of physical and emotional states. At times evoking the specters of a civilization at the edge of a dry well, at times crossed by the dazzling colors and sensuality of tropical nature, Mirage crosses the stage like a waking, mobile and floating dream, made of atmospheric phenomena. ARTISTIC SHEET Conception and Choreography Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa Music Thomas Bangalter Costumes Kunihiko Morinaga (ANREALAGE) Lights Yukiko Yoshimoto Video Florent Dubois Choreography Consultant Aimilios Arapoglou Set Design Assistant Nikolai Korypaev Costume Assistant Anna Sato Choreography Assistant Kehua Li Creative Producer of Damien Jalet Jamila Hessaïne Programming Ryo Shirakawa Dancers of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève Co-production Kampnagel-Hamburg, Festspielhaus St. Pölten (AT), Charleroi Danse, Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Centro de Danza Matadero-Madrid, Maison de la Danse and Lyon-Pôle européen de création. World premiere on May 6, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Mirage is a creation based on the project Mirage [transitory], produced and organized by Sandwich Inc, Zero-Ten Inc and Super Massive Global Co. Ltd, with the support of Yoshimura Holdings, and presented in Fukuoka (Japan), in September 2024. In memory of Ryo Shiraki (1990, 2025). Special thanks to Rombaut Shoes for the collaboration.
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