Benjamin Kahn's "Focu Meu" at Carreau du Temple
Benjamin Kahn presents "Focu Meu" at Carreau du Temple, a new choreographic work that channels group energy to translate emotional outbursts. Following a notable solo trilogy including "Bless the Sound that Saved a Witch like me" at Festival Everybody 2024, Kahn now focuses on the figure of the procession—funereal, festive, or militant—oscillating between sonic saturation and opaque silence. The piece invokes iconic "pleureuses" (mourners) and the therapeutic trance of the tarantella to uncover mechanisms of collective renewal. In a minimalist space where light and raw vocal sound act as protagonists, five performers embody a choral body marked by rhythmic ruptures and tensions between the intimate and political, expressing what irresistibly drives people to gather. "Focu Meu" conveys the hope of a chorus in resistance.
Key facts
- Benjamin Kahn created "Focu Meu" at Carreau du Temple.
- The work follows a solo trilogy including 'Bless the Sound that Saved a Witch like me' at Festival Everybody 2024.
- The piece uses the figure of the procession (funereal, festive, militant).
- It invokes 'pleureuses' and the tarantella's therapeutic trance.
- The space is minimalist with light and raw vocal sound as protagonists.
- Five performers create a choral body with rhythmic ruptures.
- The work explores transformation of pain into mobility and shock into political drive.
- Photography by Florent Roux.
Entities
Artists
- Benjamin Kahn
- Florent Roux
Institutions
- Carreau du Temple
- Festival Everybody
- Artistikrezo
- Club Artistik Rezo
Locations
- Paris
- France