Alexandre Roccoli

Alexandre Roccoli began his career as an active member of the Théâtre du Soleil from 1999 to 2003. The rituals he discovered during his tours in Asia at that time would influence his future creations. In 2005, he decided to move to Berlin and created the electro opera After Hours with 18 dancers.

The years he spent in the German capital as part of the electronic music scene would prove fundamental to the imagination behind his plays and future collaborations. He called on Ellen Allien for the play Drama Per Musica, presented at the Centre Pompidou, Chloé for a show presented at the Radialsystem in Berlin, and more recently Pantha Du Prince, Jeff Mills, and Deena Abdelwahed. In the world of fashion and cinema, he has collaborated with Bruce LaBruce, Bernard Wilhelm, Sébastien Meunier, and Goran Pejkovski for Martin Margiela, as well as Asha Mines from Rick Owens.

Since 2010, Alexandre Roccoli has been developing visual and choreographic research on ancient craft techniques, some already lost and others resisting oblivion. Through his creations Empty Picture (2013), Longing (2014), Weaver Raver (2015), Weaver Quintet (2017), and various workshops, the choreographer has brought together material that is as visual as it is auditory.

His latest creations use a device where the dancer is visible up close, and his creations echo each other in a series of pieces about altered memories.

His creation LONG PLAY with the Ballet National de Marseille is part of a reflection on the healing powers of art.

“This sound and choreographic project—which could last all night—is conceived not as a party but rather as a space that would heal, cure, and bandage certain wounds. Thus, the score of this work seeks to respond to an approach in which sound and its frequencies—but also its materials—can deepen the perception and experience of the audience/visitor.”

Alexandre Roccoli