J ulien Corbineau does not really respond to the cliché of the mad scientist, shaggy hair and bulging eyes.In the head of this physics-chemistry teacher at the Cassin high school in Bayonne, who went through the famous École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the creative cells are still more represented than in others.Under the skull, it boils severe.Until it turns into an artistic production that stands.The result of one of his brain storms will be presented on Saturday November 12 at the Casino Theater in Biarritz (8:30 p.m.).Given by the So.K company as part of the Basque Rendez-vous, this contemporary dance show is called “NeoK”.For an hour, nine pro or pre-pro dancers will gracefully decline the double meaning of a title and a work "one of a kind, where every second has been thought out", promises Julien Corbineau.We do want to believe it.On stage as much as in the mind of the director of the structure set up in 2017, freely intertwine ("We don't have a frame", he insists), but always with coherence, Basque tradition and modernity, approach science and magical interpretation."NeoK", like "Neo OrganiK Kemistry" (new organic chemistry) first refers to one of the endless quests of man striving to decipher the world: "Why matter was organized into living matter ?It's dizzying”, asks the passionate teacher-creator, precisely specialized in organic chemistry.The famous Italian writer Primo Levi, doctor in chemistry, is one of the keys to reading this scientific part of the representation.“He wrote “The Periodic System”, a collection of short stories in which he uses the table of elements (by Mendeleïv, editor’s note).Everyone becomes a character.In one of the short stories, the character is the carbon atom, the most abundant element in all living matter,” he sketches.In an attempt to explain the still inexplicable, Julien Corbineau summoned the updated version of a Basque carnival character, “Kotilun gorri” (red petticoat).“We made a little of it the hand of God.It is he who will be at the origin of the fact that the living appears.»This figure of the Labourdin Mardi Gras festivities, dressed in a wool sweater and a long red skirt over white trousers, also wears a red mask, a large hat and white gloves.“It is magical, majestic and facetious”.The revisited “little joker”, which sheds light on the other meaning of “NeoK” (new Kotilun), also holds a ponytail in his hand: “With it, he hits people and especially young women, to promote their fertility.Another symbol of life likely to serve the general purpose.The whole forms a kind of Basque alchemy, a claimed "artistic creation", also based on local heritage.Formed small in the Basque dance, popular and more technical (souletine, Guipuzcoanne), the 49-year-old Bardoztar is inspired by it in broad outline.Without going into detail.“People who know Basque dance will see the references, assures the one who chaired the Basque Dance Federation for five years (2016-2021).But here, it is first of all a language of choreographic writing;we see how we project such a movement of Basque dance and how we will be able to cut it out, deconstruct it.“We” includes show choreographer Lætitia Cheverry, with whom he has worked on previous projects at So.K.The music adapted “like a glove” to the theme is signed by a duo from Béarnais, J.-S. Blash and Florent Cheverry;the elaborate costumes are the work of Annie Onchalo and Anne-Marie Subias.Nothing would have been possible elsewhere without the financial and logistical support (studios) of the Malandain Ballet, the Basque Cultural Institute and the Departmental Council.And the whole thing, the fruit of two years of work, can be appreciated without having read or understood ("It's super intellectual", concedes Julie Corbineau) what has just been written: "The guy who comes without knowing all that goes discover a contemporary dance show with fun stuff.»Prices: 8 and 14 euros, reservations at tourist offices or online.