(LA) HORDE: HEUREUX SOUS SON OMBRE

The Bass Museum of Art presents (LA)HORDE: Heureux sous son ombre, a choreographic video portrait and commissioned installation celebrating the underlying synchronicity of a Paris suburb’s socially diverse population.

(LA)HORDE is a France-based multidisciplinary collective founded in 2013 by artists Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, and Arthur Harel. Since 2019, the trio have been managed the artistic direction of the of the Ballet de Marseille, pushing the boundaries of classical dance to explore how bodies are represented in public space, or in social networks. (LA)HORDE questions the political significance of dance and maps out the choreographic forms of popular uprising, whether massive or isolated, from raves to traditional dances and jumpstyle.

In 2021, they participated in Villa Albertine’s inaugural residency program in Los Angeles and in New York.

This site-specific work commissioned in collaboration with The Bass Museum, is their first exhibition in the United States.