Ad Libitum

Simon Le Borgne is a dancer and choreographer. He began his training at the Paris Opera School in 2005 and joined the company in 2014. He has performed pieces by Maguy Marin, Merce Cunningham, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin and Hofesh Schechter and participated in the creations of Season’s Canon and Body and Soul by Crystal Pite, Play by Alexander Ekman, The Male Dancer by Ivan Perez, Faunes by Sharon Eyal and Cri de Coeur by Alan Lucien Oyen. Since 2021, he has been working with Yohana Benattar and Hanga Toth on the Nos Gestes, Nos Soins project, developing a documentary performance based on the care actions of people with chronic illnesses or disabilities. From 2023, he joined Tanztheatre Wuppertal, where he worked with Boris Charmatz on his creation Liberté Cathédrale and performed several pieces by Pina Bausch, including Café Müller. At the same time, he became a guest artist at the Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, which produced his piece Ad Libitum. Nos Gestes, Nos Soins, sviluppando una performance documentaria basata sulle azioni di cura delle persone con malattie croniche o disabilità. Dal 2023 è entrato a far parte del Tanztheatre Wuppertal, dove ha lavorato con Boris Charmatz alla creazione Liberté Cathédrale e ha interpretato diversi pezzi di Pina Bausch, tra cui Café Müller. Allo stesso tempo, è diventato artista ospite al Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, che ha prodotto il suo pezzo Ad Libitum.

Ulysse Zangs is a French artist who develops his practice at the intersection of sound, movement and nature. As a dancer, he trained at the École de Danse de l’Opéra de Paris and then at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz, before joining the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, where he danced until 2019. Now a freelance artist, he works with renowned choreographers and directors such as Benjamin Millepied, Philippe Découflé, Dimitri Chamblas, Ersan Mondtag, Simon Le Borgne and Chris Fargeot, among others. As a musician, he composes soundtracks for dance, performances, installations and films, combining live improvisation and recorded productions. In 2024 he created the soundtracks for Ad Libitum by Simon Le Borgne, 3:33 In my Room through the window by Chris Fargeot, Grace by Benjamin Millepied and Manhandle by Gustavo Gomes. Ulysse is also devoting more time to his own music, culminating in the release of his first solo project, Idle Hands Or, launched last autumn as an independent work (recorded and self-produced between 2022 and 2024). Ad Libitum di Simon Le Borgne, 3:33 In my Room through the window di Chris Fargeot, Grace di Benjamin Millepied e Manhandle di Gustavo Gomes. Attualmente sta dedicando più tempo alla propria musica, culminata con l’uscita del suo primo progetto solista, Idle Hands Or, lanciato lo scorso autunno come lavoro indipendente (registrato e autoprodotto tra il 2022 e il 2024).