Et in Arcadia Ego

Arkadi Zaides / Institut des Croisements

24th September 26 • h. 7.00 pm

Et in Arcadia Ego

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In residency in September 2026 at Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo
Public showing presented as part of Corpi in Ascolto 2026

Starting from Nicolas Poussin’s famous painting (1638), now housed at the Louvre, ET IN ARCADIA EGO transforms the canvas into a living stage device. Where the painting shows four figures contemplating a tomb inscription, on stage four artists interrogate the painting itself, reactivating its tension between utopia and death within a present marked by militarization, algorithmic surveillance, and new forms of remote violence. Through this process, spaces emerge that are inhabited at once by historical memory and by the ongoing crisis, positioning the work as a place where repressed and urgent narratives surface, and where the persistence of utopian desire confronts the realities that threaten it.

At the working stage in Rome, Arkadi Zaides and Igor Dobričić will take part, developing their specific contribution within this evolving choral work.

The public showing will be preceded by Lo sguardo performativo (“The Performative Gaze”): journalists from the Teatroecritica editorial team will meet the audience in a guided viewing session aimed at questioning participants about the gaze of those who narrate dance in relation to the body of those who inhabit the performative space.

Arkadi Zaides is a choreographer, performer, and researcher. Born in Belarus, he currently resides in France. He danced with various companies in Israel, including the Batsheva Dance Company and the Yasmeen Godder Dance Group, before launching his independent career in 2004. He holds a master's degree from the AHK Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, a PhD in Arts (Dance) from the University of Antwerp, and a PhD in Arts (Dramaturgy) from Ghent University, where he is also a guest professor. From 2024 to 2027 he is an associate artist at Agora – Cité Internationale de la Danse in Montpellier. His performances and installations have been presented in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He has received several awards, including the Emile Zola Prize for Performing Arts for his commitment to human rights in his work ARCHIVE (2014). Among other projects, he co-curated Violence of Inscriptions (2015–2018) together with scholar, curator, and dramaturg Sandra Noeth. This initiative brought together artists, thinkers, and human rights activists to explore the role of the body in producing, maintaining, legitimizing, representing, and aestheticizing structural violence.

Choreography and direction: Arkadi Zaides
Dramaturgy: Igor Dobričić
Artists/performers: Igor Dobričić, Olivier Marboeuf, Lázara Rosell Albear, Arkadi Zaides
Visuals and video game development: Victor Morales
Technical direction: Etienne Exbrayat
Stage, video and sound direction: Stéphane Leclercq
Creative production: Simge Gücük
Administration: Institut des Croisements
Executive production: laGeste
International distribution: Johannes Maile / partner in crime
Co-production: Agora, cité internationale de la danse (FR), Charleroi Danse (BE), Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm (DE), La Place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie as part of accueil-studio (FR), STUK (BE), Orbita|Spellbound Centro di Produzione Nazionale per la Danza (IT) Research residency: La Vignette, scène conventionnée, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (FR)
Arkadi Zaides is an associate artist at Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse in Montpellier. For this creation, Arkadi Zaides is hosted at Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse with the support of the Fondation BNP Paribas. Institut des Croisements is supported by the DRAC Occitanie and the Région Occitanie.

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