

Vertikal
CREDITS
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Artistic direction and choreography
Mourad Merzouki
Music design
Armand Amar
Aerial stage design
Fabrice Guillot
Lighting design
Yoann Tivoli
Stage design
Benjamin Lebreton
Costume design
Pascale Robin
Assistant of the choreographer
Marjorie Hannoteaux
Film direction
Mohamed Athamna
Film production
Camera Lucida
Artistic Direction and Choreography
A major figure on the hip-hop scene since the early 1990s, Merzouki works at the crossroads of many different disciplines: he adds circus, martial arts, fine arts, video and live music to his exploration of hip-hop dance. Without losing sight of the roots of hip-hop movement – of its social and geographical origins – this multidisciplinary approach opens new horizons and reveals original outlooks. Since 1996, 30 creations have been performed in 700 cities and 65 countries, with more than 3,000 performances given for 1.7 million people. Since 2009, Merzouki is director of the Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne, where he created the festival Kalypso, a Parisian twin of his festival Karavel in the region of Lyon. In 2016, he is also appointed artistic director of Pôle en Scènes in Bron.
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