Allege press selection:

Neues Deutschland Männer, Macker und Marotten -Von Volkmar Draeger “Tanzabende mit Witz sind selten…"

Frank Schmid, kulturradio-2010 “…Wie etwa das höchst abstruse, wirklich einzigartige Allege von Clement Layes, dem 30- jährigen Franzosen. Ein akrobatisch-zirzensisch-philosophisches Stück Absurdes Tanztheater…”

Cyprus mail by Dara Milovanovic Michael- 2010 “…Allege is a solo that is constantly evolving and is a reaction of what Layes sees and experiences around him that is designed to challenge perceptions…”  

Elaheh Hatami-Aerowave “…During the performance, the feeling is like that the human being is struggling with different codes, which he is facing in his everyday life and some times make him nervous, but on the other way round, green colors and signs on the furniture, reflecting Hope, Growth, Birth and Peace. These are the elements that everybody looks for them and seeks them in machinery age or “Modern Times”.

Art 21-Lou Forster “Le spectacle s’offre, ainsi, comme la parabole d’un monde tragique où la complexité des opérations techniques nécessaires à la survie ne vient jamais émanciper une humanité asservie au recommencement éternel du travail.”

Danser dec. 2010-Berangère Alfort “…Allege le solo de Clément Layes a réjoui par sa théâtralité fine, ludique et touchante de candeur, sur le cycle de l'eau, le rythme de la nature, les reflexions humaines saisies dans leur automatisme spontané, le tout autour de simples outils sceniques tels qu'une bouilloire un arrosoir, une plante verte et un verre porté miraculeusement sur la nuque courbée.

https://vilearts.blogspot.com/2014/07/allege-tanec-praha-2011.html

https://www.timesunion.com/preview/article/Allege-challenges-conventional-order-5204008.php

https://www.timesunion.com/preview/article/Seeing-through-a-glass-lightly-5186605.php

https://www.tanz.at/kritiken/kritiken-2015/1361-tanzquartier-clement-layes-public-in-private

tour dates

2010–2024 —

“Allege”: Tanztage, Berlin; Ardanthé, Paris; Kunstfabrik, Berlin; Zagreb Dance Center; Sophiensaele, Berlin; Welttecho, Chemnitz; Théâtre NWE Vorst, Tilburg; Tanznacht Berlin – The Village; Dance House Lemesos, Cyprus; Festival Ardanthé; Aerowaves – Spring Forward, Ljubljana; TANEC PRAHA Festival (Czech Republic): Pilsen – Moving Station; Olomouc – Theatre K3; Praha – Ponec Theatre; Infant Festival, Novi Sad; Festival Armuria, Castiglioncello; Malta Festival, Poznan; Dock 11, Berlin; ImPulsTanz Vienna (8:tension); Progetti Festival – B-Motion, Bassano; The Place, London (Summerhouse Festival); Théâtre de l’Usine, Geneva; International Dance Festival Visioni di (p)arte, Bari; i-Dance Festival, Istanbul; Dance Station Festival, Belgrade & Skopje; Bunker Festival Drugajanje, Maribor; Choreographic Center, Oulu; Gesnerallee, Zurich; Zodiak, Helsinki; Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona; Tanz Bremen, Schwankhalle; BUDA, Kortrijk; Brighton Festival; Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht; Stamsund Festival; Leeds Dance Festival; Noorderzon, Groningen; Kaaitheater, Brussels; Le Cuvier, Bordeaux; DNA Festival, Aarhus; Sophiensaele, Berlin; ARC for Dance, Athens; Dansehallerne, Copenhagen; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Ladyfest, Philadelphia; EMPAC, Troy (New York); NAC, Ottawa; Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne; Tanztage, Braunschweig; Arcus Temporum Festival, Hungary; PLartFORMA Festival, Klaipeda; Tanzquartier Wien; Scène Nationale d’Orléans; Biennale Teatro, Venice.