Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Dimokratía examines the contradictions at the heart of democracy through a visceral dance-theatre language. The Ballet du Grand Théâtre collaborates with sculptor Antony Gormley, whose movable scenography is built and dismantled by performers into agoral stones, barricades and articulations of a communal body. Composer Dimitris Skyllas’s new score for voices and orchestra, led by conductor Margaryta Grynyvetska, weaves ancient texts with contemporary reflections on power, belief and belonging, yielding a tense, intimate ritual.
