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Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and L’Alliance New York will present upcoming performances of You’re the one we love\/and when we change the landscape… by Le\u00efla Ka\/Robyn Orlin with the Choreographic Ensemble of the Paris Conservatoire, set for March 12 & 13, 2026 at 7:30PM at the Florence Gould Theater, L’Alliance New York.<\/p>\n
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The Choreographic Ensemble of the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, composed of ten pre-professional artists from the Master’s program, unveils a bold new program shaped by two major voices in contemporary dance: Le\u00efla Ka and Robyn Orlin. Focused on ensemble work, emancipation and physical engagement, the show blends repertoire and original creation.<\/p>\n
Le\u00efla Ka reimagines her acclaimed duet You’re the one we love, for ten performers. Robyn Orlin, known for her socially engaged, multimedia work, presents: and when we change the landscape… it is with our bare hands or with gloves… – a new piece exploring the cultural and political realities of South Africa. This program affirms the Ensemble’s role as a platform for emerging talent and choreographic innovation.<\/p>\n
These performances are part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in New York.<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE ARTISTS<\/p>\n
Le\u00efla Ka has asserted her fierce energy in just a few years. Her dance is powerfully theatrical and strikingly precise.<\/p>\n
Following the international success of her first three award-winning pieces -\u202fPode Ser,\u202fC’est toi qu’on adore, and\u202fBouff\u00e9es\u202f- Le\u00efla Ka created\u202fMaldonne, her first group piece, which was nominated for the International Dance Prize at Sadler’s Wells in London.<\/p>\n
Entering the dance world through urban styles, she did not follow a traditional academic path, instead forging her own unique trajectory. After performing for Maguy Marin, Le\u00efla Ka began creating her own choreographies, infused with both urban and contemporary influences.<\/p>\n
She also develops her talent as a choreographer and scenographer beyond conventional boundaries: she notably choreographed the 2025 C\u00e9sar Awards Ceremony and music videos for Zaho de Sagazan.<\/p>\n
Born in 1955 in Johannesburg, Robyn Orlin is a dancer, choreographer and founder of City Theatre & Dance Group (1988). In 1981, on a solo guest performance she gave on the Breytenbach Theatre stage in Pretoria, Adrienne C Sichel described her as “a very angry young dancer.” She understood later with Robyn’s growing reputation that she actually attended the choreographer’s first theatrical attempt to deconstruct, confront and critique the colonial white classical ballet tradition.<\/p>\n
This critique has been omnipresent in her work, which made her become world famous in 2003 when she won the Laurence Olivier Award for “Daddy, I have seen this piece six times before and I still don’t know why they are hurting each other” (1999): a richly satiric portrait of race relations, confrontations and the threat presented by democracy to Western “elitist” dance forms. Perhaps the pinnacle of Orlin’s socio-political expression and achievement is the commission by the Paris\u202fOp\u00e9ra\u202fof L’Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (2007) where she had \u00c9toiles and ballet dancers pulling down the tutu’s supremacy.<\/p>\n
Nicknamed in South Africa as “permanent irritation,” she reveals, through her work, the difficult and complex reality of her country. She incorporates various artistic expressions-text, video, and plastic arts, among others-in order to explore a certain theatricality that is reflected in her choreographic vocabulary.<\/p>\n
In a co-production with INA and ARTE, she made her first movie “Hidden beauties, dirty histories” in October 2004. Robyn Orlin was named Commander of Arts and Letters in 2022.<\/p>\n
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