Linda Hayford: Abimes

After making a strong impression last year with AlShe/Me, a duet performed with her brother, Linda Hayford returns with “Abîmes”, her first group creation. With “Abîmes”, she dives into an immersive fiction inhabited by hybrid beings, exploring bodily languages in which singularities come together to reveal the complexity of today’s world. Linda Hayford: Abîmes Known as a leading figure in Popping, Linda brings her distinctive choreographic voice to the stage. In “Abîmes”, seven performers inhabit a parallel universe, moving as a single, interdependent organism. Through “Shifting Pop,” Hayford’s movement language, they explore transformation as a shared way of moving and existing, between control and fluidity, everyday gestures and more otherworldly physical states. The result is a continuous flow of shifting bodies, evoking slow motion and imagery drawn from science fiction, fantasy, and video games. Working at the intersection of styles and influences, from Popping and funk-based club dances to battle culture, Linda uses this crossover as a starting point. She connects multiple emotional and physical states, centering her work around transformation. Abîmes explores the shifting point between forms and energies, where bodies are in constant flux and identity is never fixed. Credits DISTRIBUTION Choreography: Linda Hayford Interpretation: Andrège Bidiamambu, Cintia Golitin, Vera Gorbatcheva, Antuf Hassani aka Jikay, Linda Hayford, Anaïs Mauri aka Silent, Aline Lopes Artistic collaborator Pop N STRKTR’: Mike Hayford Lights design: Xavier Lescat Light technician: Benjamin Bouin Set design: Xavier Lescat, Linda Hayford Music design: Mackenzy Bergile Arrangements and sound engineer: Damien Ory Dramaturgy: Gilles Amalvi Costumes: Florence Messé Assisted by: Mickaël Lecoq Stage technician: Max Potiron Technician support: Joël L’Hopitalier Head of production: Céline Gallet Tour manager: Marion Roger Production coordinators: Jahlys Denis, Seynabou Diaw PRODUCTION Creation by Cie INsideOut Production: Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne Coproduction: CND Centre national de la danse, Théâtre National de Bretagne, Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie (Bruxelles), Fonds Transfabrik - fonds franco-allemand pour le spectacle vivant, Maison de la danse, Lyon - Pôle européen de création, Kampnagel (Hamburg)