“Omphalos is an exploration of the mythological and scientific understandings of the center of the world, choreographed by Damien Jalet with stage design by Kohei Nawa and music by Marihiko Hara and Ryuichi Sakamoto.”

– from Kampnagel Hamburg Official Page

Damien Jalet
Omphalos (2018)

Choreography and artistique direction: DAMIEN JALET

Coordinator: ELENO GUZMÁN GUTIÉRREZ
Choreographic assistant: AIMILIOS ARAPOGLOU and GABRIELA CECEÑA
Dramaturgy : Catalina Navarrete

Music: MARIHIKO HARA and RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO

Costumes: JEAN-PAUL LESPAGNARD
Set: JORGE BALLINA

Light: VÍCTOR ZAPATERO

Pictures by Daniel Lugo, Rodrigo Espinoza, Fausto Dijon Quelal

Dancers: Ana Paula Ricalde Castillo, Bryant Pineda Torices, Claudia Nayeli Olvera Rodríguez, Ernesto Peart Falcón, Guillermo IV Obele Bustos, Guillermo Magallón Armenta, Héctor Manuel Ortíz Valdovinos, Ilse Orozco Corona, Jairo Cruz González, Jorge Emmanuelle Sanders Bustos, Juan Ángel Garnica Vázquez, Luis Alberto Ortega Valdez, María Alejandra Corona Pérez, Marlene Coronel Ortiz, Paulina del Carmen Fernández Sánchez, Paulino Josafat Medina Domínguez, Samantha Nevarez del Castillo, Sergio Anselmo Orozco, Yansi Méndez Bautista, Zurisadai de Jesús González Fuente

Production : Centro de Producción de Danza Contemporánea del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (MX)

Coproduction : Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Conjunto de Artes Escénicas (MX) ; Universidad de Guadalajara, IFAL (MX) ; French Embassy in Mexico ; Kampnagel Hambourg (DE).

[PERFORMANCE]

October 2018 – Teatro de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico [World Premiere]
March 2019 – Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany [European Premiere]
October 2023 – Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, Guadalajara, Mexico