Prélude (out) - Cie Accrorap – Kader Attou

A single movement, a struggle, a dancing humanity. Prélude (out) emerges from a breath— the first cry, the vital impulse. Kader Attou revisits his own journey: his childhood in the suburbs of Lyon, the discovery of boxing, the beauty of gestures, Charlie Chaplin’s films, and the power of hip-hop as a space for emancipation. He explores the intimate connection between dance, music, and breath—the shared heartbeat that binds us all.

Set to the electro-acoustic music of Romain Dubois, the piece rises from silence to a crescendo of intensity, like a struggle to be fought to the end. The nine dancers embody a humanity in tension: physical confrontations, breaths, impulses, and resistances.

The choreography becomes a metaphor for struggle—physical, poetic, and fraternal.

Company Presentation
Kader Attou, dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of Cie Accrorap, is one of the leading figures of hip-hop dance. With a humanist and globally inspired artistic approach that blends influences and breaks down genre boundaries, Kader Attou has played a key role in transforming hip-hop into a new dance scene, giving rise to a distinctly French style of authorial dance.

Cie Accrorap is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and the DRAC Provence-AlpesCôte d’Azur. It receives funding from the City of Marseille, the Bouches-du-Rhône Department, and the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region. The company is in residence at La Friche la Belle de Mai.