Rameau Les Indes Galantes

While the young people of Europe forsake Love to follow Bellone at war Cupid sets out to shoot his arrows into the rest of the world A masterpiece of the Enlightenment Les Indes galantes is sparkling entertainment Yet Rameaus first operaballet also bears witness to the Europeans ambiguous view of savage cultures The Belgian choreographerdirector Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui adapts Les Indes Galantes to a contemporary setting where globalisation has transformed the notions of exoticism