Since 2007, the dancer and choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician and composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe have been working to create a rock-solid oeuvre under the name Voetvolk. All through those years, nona arts centre has been a loyal companion. Likewise, partners from the dance scene have also often been involved in the eleven productions that the dance and performance company has now created. Last year this resulted in the first (online) three-day dance festival: BUITENKANT VOET.
This year we are going for the real live experience and we invited once again several international 'sidekicks' with whom Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe have already worked in the past.
THE ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIVING
Spanish spoken with English subtitles
CONCEPT & PERFORMANCE Vicente Arlandis MASSAGE Rhea van Hees (Rustpunt Mechelen) PRODUCTION TALLER PLACER WITH THE SUPPORT OF Nacho Meseguer, Paula Miralles, Rosana Pastor, Aris Spentsas en Eva Arlandis.
INTO THE OPEN
attention: this performance is for a standing audience
CONCEPT Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe CHOREOGRAPHY Lisbeth Gruwez & performers PERFORMANCE Wei-Wei Lee, Celine Werkhoven, Artemis Stavridi, Misha Demoustier, Maarten Van Cauwenberghe, Frederik Heuvinck & Elko Blijweert MUSIC Dendermonde DRAMATURGY Bart Meuleman REPETITOR Francesca Chiodi Latini LIGHT DESIGN Yann Windey COSTUME DESIGN Jean-Paul Lespagnard in samenwerking met Muriel Kunkel en Marcelo Chaviro SOUND Bart Van Immerseel COMMUNICATION Sam Ecker PRODUCTION Voetvolk vzw COPRODUCTION KVS – Royal Flemish Theatre, AB – Ancienne Belgique, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Dansens Hus Oslo & Vooruit Ghent RESIDENCIES Troubleyn, KVS, NONA, Blikfabriek & Kunstencentrum BUDA DIFFUSION Key Performance WITH THE SUPPORT OF arts centre nona, the Flemish Community & the Belgian Tax Shelter
program 18 February 2022
20:15 - Vicente Arlandis/TALLER PLACER: The Endless Struggle to make a Living (Oude Zaal)
21:30 - Voetvolk: avant-première 'Into the Open' (Gouden Zaal)
THE ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIVING
In this performance, Arlandis talks about the work and discipline of a dancer, how it feels to repeat the same act in a factory eight hours a day or how the body feels when it dances the same performance for five years.
Vicente Arlandis has collaborated with several artists (Lisbeth Gruwez, Jan Fabre, Amalia Fernández, Saioa Olmo, Rafael Tormo, etc.). Currently he is a member of the collective TALLER PLACER together with Paula Miralles, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Aina Vidal and Violeta Ros.
INTO THE OPEN
Dance meets concert, that’s Into the Open’s pledge.
Seven performers embody the groove and share the energy of the music. They spur each other on with pimped krautrock from 2022, or Can’s repetitive theme crossed with The Chemical Brothers’ high voltage.
Voetvolk welcomes you for a wild, collective leap into limbo. Let’s trance!
