Thursday 26 november from 20:00 to 21:00

Company Leïla Ka

Cultural
Festival
Show
Dance

Théâtre de Grasse - TDG, 2 Avenue Maximin Isnard, 06130 Grasse

Eight powerful women in explosive dance. Leïla Ka’s 2026 creation strips the body of constraints, liberates energy, and asserts the strength of those who never give up.

With Maldonne, her first full-length work created in 2023 and performed over 160 times worldwide, Leïla Ka explored the identities of femininity as diverse as the flowing dresses on stage. While that quintet celebrated the exhilarating power of sisterhood, it remained influenced by a movement vocabulary—upright posture, shoulders back—shaped by centuries of patriarchal dominance. Her new piece deliberately subverts this symbolic language. To “restore weight to the body,” she gives her eight performers, including herself, a liberating release against “restraint, feigned delicacy, the tilt of the head, and artificial elevation.” With curved backs, bent knees, sweat, and rhythm, the dancers unfold without constraint in a raw surge where anything can happen. Their tense mass embodies female empowerment, occupying a bare space with no set or props—a raw terrain where nothing is imposed or hidden. Creating ever-evolving play spaces, Laurent Fallot’s lighting sculpts the movements of a “wild troupe,” determined not to hold back but to let go. A blaze of pure energy, driven by the cadence of bass and the sharp strikes of electro sounds. 2026 Creation – Piece for 8 dancers Choreography: Leïla Ka Assistant Choreographer & Artistic Collaboration: Jane Fournier Dumet Lighting Design: Laurent Fallot Sound Spatialization: Rodrigue de Sa Performers: Jane Fournier Dumet, Mat Iéva, Leïla Ka, Maëlle Le Pallec, Jade Logmo, Pauline Richard, Elsy Robert, Sara Tan

Quote from the Art Director
The rising star of French dance returns with her 8 dancers for an entirely new creation.
Company and choreographer
Leïla Ka has choreographed for Beyoncé, the César Awards ceremony, Zaho de Sagazan, and the Ballet Nacional de Chile. Drawing on urban and contemporary influences, she has established her dance internationally in just a few years. Entering the world of urban dance at age 16, she did not follow a formal school path, auditioned for Maguy Marin, and became a performer in her renowned piece May B. She later turned to choreography, with her first three works achieving international success and touring over 20 countries. She won the Danse Élargie competition at Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, and was nominated for the International Dance Prize at Sadler’s Wells, London, for her fourth piece, Maldonne. Leïla Ka is now an associate artist at the national stages of Cavaillon, Dieppe, and Grenoble. Her company has been supported by Fondation BNP Paribas since 2024.