Mirage by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa

BOX OFFICE OPENING – 2026_2027 SEASON

From 18 to 21 June: exclusively for CCB Card holders

From 22 June onwards: general public

With Mirage, Damien Jalet presents his first creation for Ballet du Grand Théâtre, where he has been an associate artist since 2022. Mirage also constitutes the fourth chapter of his collaboration with Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa. Following VESSEL (2016), Mist (2021) and Planet [wanderer] (2023; 2021 at GTG), they continue their exploration of the ever-metamorphosing nature of living beings, merging their respective disciplines and confronting the human body with different materials.

Inspired by the phenomenon of mirages and fata morgana (optical illusions associated with meteorological conditions caused by light distortion as it passes through layers of air at different temperatures), Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa depict a wandering humanity in a metaphorical desert, searching for itself.

Through a series of transformations, the piece gradually strips away the performers, layer by layer, exploring an infinite variety of physical and emotional states. Now evoking the specters of a civilization on the brink of a dried well, now traversed by the dazzling colors and sensuality of tropical nature, Mirage crosses the stage like a waking dream, mobile and floating, made of atmospheric phenomena.

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