Planet [Wanderer] | Damien Jalet

For his first staging at Onassis Stegi, Damien Jalet, presents the work entitled "Planet [wanderer]", from April 4th to 6th 2025.




Eight creatures, eight wanderers. Like nomads condemned by the law of gravity, they constantly drift on the same celestial body. Damien Jalet exposes eight dancers to a ceaseless confrontation with the natural elements—wind, water, dirt, smoke, fog, light, and darkness. On stage, a cosmogony begins to take place.

We are planets. And together wanderers, constantly drifting beings on the same celestial body. The internationally renowned and iconoclastic choreographer, and dancer, creates, in the company of Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa, a monumental installation, a cosmogony in motion.

"Planet [wanderer]", based on the double meaning of the ancient Greek verb ‘planáōmai/ planōmai,’ which is “to wander about, to stray”.

Damien Jalet is internationally revered for his monumental choreographies that can be perceived as art installations, such as the iconic "Chiroptera" (2023) staged on the façade of the Opéra Garnier in Paris with the participation of 153 dancers. Moreover, he has helmed choreographic work for Madonna, and he has also collaborated with artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Marina Abramović, Iris van Herpen, Thom Yorke, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Thomas Bangalter, and JR.