Age of Content Repertory
Ballet national de Marseille
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is organizing, in collaboration with the Joyce Theater's New York Center for Creativity & Dance, the workshop Age of Content repertory taught by Alida Bergakker as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in New York.
Age of Content seeks to question our relationship to the abundance of content and simultaneous realities that characterize the contemporary world. Like the digital practices that have established themselves in the contemporary choreographic landscape, the viral challenges on TikTok have aroused an immediate fascination, redefining the way in which aesthetics, movements and choreographic cultures propagate. These platforms have opened up a new space where influences intersect and metamorphose, giving rise to unexpected fusions.
On stage, these fragments of movements enter into dialogue with the choreographic space, where elements of jazz dance and musicals intertwine to create a fluid and harmonious synergy, reinventing the very notion of the collective.
The workshop takes place in two parts, with a first warm-up period led by the dancer who adapts to the level of the group : the participants will stretch and connect with each other at the same time. Then a second part of transmission of the last section of (LA)HORDE Age of Content, TikTok Jazz. It is a mash up from 2020 viral TikToks and inspired by Fred Astaire jazz moves into one big crazy celebration of body and dance.
The workshop is taught by Alida Bergakker (dancer from Ballet national de Marseille).
Date & Time: Feb. 19, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: New York Center for Creativity & Dance - 287 E 10th St, New York, NY 10009
Audience: Professional dancers
(LA)HORDE
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival presents Age of Content by the collective (LA)HORDE with the Ballet national de Marseille in collaboration with Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Dance Reflections also supports Après moi le déluge, Hope Blowers and Crossover, the next two creations of the collective.
