Boxe Boxe Brasil - Cie Käfig | Mourad Merzouki

At L’InterValle: Welcoming Boxe Boxe Brasil by Cie Käfig

At L’InterValle, we prepare our stage and our audience for encounters that spark new ways of seeing, and Boxe Boxe Brasil by Cie Käfig arrives as exactly that kind of event. From our vantage point in the hall, the piece’s ring-like world materializes through rhythm, breath, and the magnetic presence of dancers whose artistry fuses hip-hop foundations with capoeira footwork, passinho flair, and theatrical dexterity. The language of the body collides playfully with the codes of combat: jabs morph into spirals, dodges turn into weightless lifts, and footwork becomes percussion. The score carries the movement from luminous classical textures to urban pulses, amplifying the dramaturgy without ever overpowering it. Our technical team places great care on sculpting a close, immersive frame so that every feint, grin, and gloved flicker registers across the space; you will feel the swing of a rope in the air and the hush before a burst of combinations. Boxe Boxe Brasil is both spectacle and conversation—about risk, discipline, resilience, and joy—and the amplitude of L’InterValle allows its kinetic vocabulary to ripple all the way to the back row while keeping the intimacy of a bout witnessed ringside.

Mourad Merzouki’s Ongoing Artistic Momentum

As we host Cie Käfig, we also embrace the broader creative momentum that Mourad Merzouki continues to generate on international stages. Known for expanding hip-hop’s theatrical horizons, he has spent recent seasons touring works that align virtuosity with wonder, from the visual magic of Pixel to the festive swirl of Folia and the elemental sweep of Zéphyr. These creations, regularly programmed across Europe and beyond, demonstrate a consistent curiosity: bringing street-born technique into dialogue with live music, digital scenography, and culturally rooted gestures. The company’s educational outreach—resonant for us at L’InterValle—encourages encounters with local dancers and students, reminding us that the vocabulary seen under stage lights has a vibrant life in studios, school gyms, and public squares. Boxe Boxe Brasil carries that ethos forward: its Brazilian cast channels the dynamism of roda circles and neighborhood battles into meticulously crafted ensemble writing, yet never loses the improvisational spark that keeps the piece breathing. As a venue, we are attentive to the ways audiences discover connections between these bodies of work; regulars who thrilled to the precision and illusion of Pixel recognize in Boxe Boxe Brasil the same Merzouki signature—an embrace of risk wrapped in generosity—translated this time through the ritual, drama, and humor of the ring.

Receiving Boxe Boxe Brasil at L’InterValle means shaping an experience in which choreography, sound, and proximity cohere into a living score. Our stagecraft supports quicksilver shifts—from shadowboxing solos to ensemble canons that snap across the space—while lighting traces arcs of motion like the chalk lines of a coach mapping strategy. The dancers test distance and timing the way boxers measure reach; as spectators you’ll read their choices in real time, absorbing the cunning of feints and the tenderness of alliances. The show’s theatricality extends beyond bravura: gloves become masks, ropes mark thresholds, and a single held breath can reframe the stakes of the next exchange. For us, the beauty of presenting this piece lies in how it refracts the values we cherish as a house—precision, accessibility, and shared celebration—into a night where the stage becomes a gymnasium for empathy. Expect craft honed to a shine, music that keeps the heart dancing, and an ensemble whose generosity radiates deep into the hall. At L’InterValle, we are proud to offer a setting where the bold vocabulary of Cie Käfig can resonate fully, inviting you to witness how the energy of the street, the ritual of sport, and the refinement of the theater converge in Boxe Boxe Brasil.