Le Gymnase - National Centre of Choreographic Development - Roubaix | Hauts-de-France

Motor Unit

Sati Veyrunes, Erna Ómarsdóttir, Adrienn Hód | Marseille, Island, Hungary

Co-programmed with l’Espace Pasolini / Les instants magnétiques

  • 15+
  • 60 mins
  • CREATED IN 2026 | REGIONAL PREMIERE

Motor Unit

Co-programmed with l’Espace Pasolini / Les instants magnétiques

Double impact. Breaking with the usual process, the dancer Sati Veyrunes has chosen two solos from the repertoire of international choreographers to make them her own. In Motor Unit, her body is thus confronted with two contrasting physical styles. On the one hand, the athletic, jerky dance of Adrienn Hód, dictated by an obsessive countdown. On the other, the ground-level ritual of Erna Ómarsdóttir, verging on a trance. By performing these two pieces in quick succession, the performer seems to undergo a metamorphosis; indeed, it is hard to recognise the same person.

Cast and creatives

Concept, performance: Sati Veyrunes – Orginal choreography: Adrienn Hód, Erna Ómarsdóttir – Re-staging, technical adaptation, tour management: Marie Montfort Prédour, Lisa Marie Barry, Thibault Gambari – Outside view: Mathilde Roussin

Production credits

Executive production: Ménagerie de verre, Paris
Co-production: CCN Ballet national de Marseille, CCN Ballet de Lorraine, CDCN Uzès, La Maison Danse, Les Hivernales – CDCN d’Avignon, Le Lieu Unique – scène nationale de Nantes, Cndc – Angers, CCN de Grenoble, Charleroi Danse – centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, OFF Foundation – Budapest