* UPDATE 25 February 2021: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the second performance of Piano Works Debussy (Voetvolk/Lisbeth Gruwez and Claire Chevallier) will not be able to take place. Fortunately, at 20:00 Claire Chevallier will bring Claire Chevallier Plays Debussy, a piano solo straight out of our old hall. She will do so with the beautiful music of Claude Debussy that also features in the full performance.
Piano Works Debussy is a duet between the dancer Lisbeth Gruwez and pianist Claire Chevallier. Together they search for the space between the notes in the compositions of Claude Debussy, who fiddled around with the hegemony of rules. During BUITENKANT VOET they will perform twice, on both 24 and 25 February 2021.
choreographer
Lisbeth Gruwez
music
Claude Debussy
performance
Lisbeth Gruwez & Claire Chevallier
artistic assistant
Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
stage directions
Bart Meuleman
light design
Stef Alleweireldt
scenography
Marie Szersnovicz
sound
Alban Moraud & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
technical director
Gilles Roosen
production manager
Anita Boels
communications
Sam Ecker
producer
Voetvolk vzw
co-producers
KVS, Le Fonds de dotation du Quartz (FR), Theater Freiburg (DE), Klarafestival, ADC Genève (CH), Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Liepaja concert hall Great Amber (LV), Festival d’Avignon & MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard (FR)
residencies
KVS, nona arts centre, Ultima Vez, Les Brigittines, Le Quartz (FR)
with the support of
kunstencentrum nona, de Vlaamse Gemeenschap & de Tax Shelter-maatregel van de Belgische Overheid
Their movements are suggestions rather than expressions, in line with Debussy’s search for ‘la musique immatérielle’. Rather than evoking a steadfast reality, Gruwez and Chevalier create an imagination behind the gauze of the material.
For the first time in her career, Gruwez is engaging with classical music. After her training in classical ballet she found freedom in contemporary dance, gradually developing a language of movement has since become referential. In this respect, Piano Works Debussy is a unique dialogue between a classical and contemporary framework that somehow exposes her path as a choreographer.
“La musique est le silence entre les notes”
Claude Debussy
Location
online (live @ nona)
Begijnenstraat 19/27
2800 Mechelen
België
