Bazm (Repertoire) - by Armin Hokmi (2026)
premiere 26. + 27. June 2026, Montpellier Danse Festival - Opera Comedie
How can we imagine a repertoire beyond what we already know and value in dance? This question forms the starting point for the project “Bazm (Repertoire)” by Iranian choreographer Armin Hokmi. The work is driven by the idea of fabricating an entirely forged repertoire, turning the notion into a lens for actively questioning modes of recognition, authentication, and the conception of dance and choreography.
Subtle and rigorous, Armin Hokmi, together with an international group of artists, brings to the stage a choreographic work dedicated to movements that, although impulsive, are taken onto the bodies of the dancers like refined sculptures. Insistently, phrase by phrase, the dance takes on new shapes, shifting from introspection to outward gaze. Movements that come from the heart and from the bones, with subtle shifts and flinching gestures, either bat shit crazy or gently patient, reveal what it takes to define a world together: a Wunderkammer of dances.
Concept, choreography and artistic direction - Armin Hokmi
Dance and performance - Gyeongjin Lee, Adam Russell Jones, Leonie Türke, Even Eileraas, Louise Dahl, Emmi Venna, Jolinus Pape, Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Eline Chao Vaaje, Aline Lebrun
Music - Helen Island
Scenography - Felipe Osorio-Guzmán
Lighting design - Vito Walter
Rehearsal direction and assistance choreography - Angel Martinez Hernandez
Production and conception of the costumes - L'atelier Bas et Hauts Paris
Costumes design - Moriah Askenaizer
Consultation - Jonas Maria Droste, Julie Guibert, Cecilio Orozco
Thanks to - Naomi Perlov, TheaterHaus Mitte & Schönweide, DIAROMA
A production of Armin Hokmi Kiasaraei.
Production coordination: Ashley Molco Castello
Co-productions: Radialsystem Berlin, Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse | Montpellier Danse + CCN Occitanie as part of the Montpellier Danse 2026 Festival and the "Associate Artist" scheme of the Ministry of Culture, CNDC Angers, Ballet National de Marseille, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Charleroi Danse Berlin, Rosendal International Theatre, Dansens Hus Oslo, Bergen Internasjonale Teater, euro-scene Leipzig, Norrlandsoperan Umeå.
Supported by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin,Le Fonds franco-allemand Transfabrik.
Supported by the residency programme at PACT Zollverein (Essen), funded by the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the “O Espaço do Tempo” residency program and FELD/LAB, an initiative supported by the Goethe-Institut in Portugal.