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choreographer Angelin Preljocaj looks back on his encounter with Aix-en-Provence

“So, what is he like in real life?”

It exudes the natural ease of those who have made their body “a sacred temple” and the serenity of those who no longer have anything to prove. Humble, faithful to his modest Albanian roots, he expresses deep gratitude to his parents, and Aix. Very busy, he had to wait a few months before picking up the interview, as his schedule is busy, he often reformulates his answer to find the right word.
Spiritual, we know he is marked by the readings of Deleuze, Spinoza, André Gide, John Cage, George Orwell or Primo Levi and he readily philosophizes: “Just the position of the human being standing, between sky and earth, like a little link, I find that symbolically, it tells us something… Sometimes, I find myself fantasizing like that! he laughs. But be careful, I try to remain very aware of the realities of the world which, sometimes, are not so cheerful.”
Progressive and optimistic, he invites us to embrace societal changes: “I think the world is actually getting better, even though we are at a moment of crisis. It's like plate tectonics, something is shiftinghe says. It can be scary, but there are magnificent values ​​that appear and which must be followed. I am thinking in particular of the evolution of gender relations in this part of the world. Obviously, there are conflicts, radicalizations, the shift in the United States which could very well also occur in France. But for me, it's just a kind of fear reaction, more than a deep proposition.”
Finally, very modest, he probes his interlocutor before opening up. He simply mentions the documentary Dance your pain on his creation Soul Kitchen with Baumettes inmates, failing to specify that it was produced by… his wife, the director Valérie Müller with whom he has two daughters, Agathe and Iris, who both work in the artistic sector.

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