Kaléïdoscope - Käfig - Mourad Merzouki - Le Radiant - Caluire

Radiant-Bellevue welcomes Kaleidoscope by Compagnie Käfig

At Radiant-Bellevue in Caluire-et-Cuire, we are thrilled to host Kaleidoscope, the latest luminous chapter from Compagnie Käfig led by the visionary choreographer Mourad Merzouki. Our stage becomes a playground for shifting perspectives, where hip-hop’s kinetic language meets the poetry of light, motion, and pattern. From our vantage point as a venue, the piece’s sculpted silhouettes and ensemble phrasing promise to bloom across our wide proscenium, with every seat revealing new angles on its prismatic world. Merzouki’s approach—rooted in street dance yet open to circus textures, martial precision, and theatrical finesse—aligns beautifully with Radiant-Bellevue’s technical capabilities. Our team has prepared an environment that respects the choreography’s nuances: crisp sound design to carry rhythmic detail, calibrated lighting to carve spatial depth, and sightlines that make the geometry of group movement legible from every tier. Kaleidoscope is not merely a title; it is an invitation into a multi-faceted experience where color, structure, and human energy refract into ever-changing images.

Mourad Merzouki’s artistic momentum

Presenting Kaleidoscope here also allows us to spotlight the artistic momentum of Mourad Merzouki, whose body of work continues to define contemporary dance at the intersection of innovation and accessibility. His collaborations and milestones over recent seasons demonstrate a steady expansion of vocabulary: the digital poetics first encountered by many audiences in Pixel, the baroque-meets-urban resonance of Folia, and the elemental breath coursing through Zéphyr. Beyond the stage, Merzouki’s commitment to the Lyon metropolitan area is well known, from his anchoring role in fostering local talent to the sustained energy of the Karavel festival, which draws communities together around the evolving face of hip-hop dance. As a touring company, Compagnie Käfig remains active worldwide, yet returns to our region with works that speak directly to audiences who have followed this journey from early urban experiments to today’s large-scale theatrical canvases. For Radiant-Bellevue, hosting Kaleidoscope feels like welcoming a conversation partner who knows our audience’s appetite for bold imagery and choreographic craft.

Kaleidoscope itself unfolds as a living architecture of bodies, light, and rhythm. Expect shifting constellations of dancers that assemble and dissolve with mathematical clarity, then surge with improvisational heat. The score’s palette glides from tactile percussion and string textures to electronic pulses, shaping the atmosphere without overwhelming the dancers’ physical narrative. Patterns ripple through the ensemble the way color fractures inside a kaleidoscope: duets lock together like facets, trios pivot into spirals, and larger formations tilt the stage’s horizon, offering our audience a constant play between symmetry and surprise. The wardrobe’s accents and the choreographic use of lines, diagonals, and circles create a visual grammar that reads powerfully in our hall, where detail can be felt as distinctly as the grand tableau. From our perspective, this is Merzouki’s hallmark: transforming virtuosity into storytelling, and turning abstract geometry into something human and immediate. In the glow of Radiant-Bellevue, Kaleidoscope promises a shared experience that reframes how we see motion—close-up, expansive, and endlessly renewed.