The French choreographer and artistic director of the Chaillot-Théatre national de la Danse in Paris, Rachid Ouramdane, develops a new formal language between acrobatics and dance with his choreographic works. Driven by the question of what shapes us, Ouramdane and ten dancers and acrobats embark on a journey into the inner self. He evokes childhood and growing older. With elements reminiscent of a bygone era, he imagines ‘how we carry on, influenced by other people who are no longer there, these ghosts that accompany us’. ‘Contre-nature’ is about the relationship to this inner landscape of memories. Immersed in a dense sea of fog, the performers meet on stage and their movements and different styles alternate lightly between the air and the ground. Duration: ca. 1 h