CHOREOGRAPHY:
Jan Martens
DANCE:
Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Camilla Bundel, Jim Buskens, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Loeka Willems
ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE:
Anne-Lise Brevers
LIGHTING DESIGN:
Jan Fedinger
ASSISTANCE LIGHTING DESIGN:
Vito Walter
COSTUME DESIGN:
Cédric Charlier
ASSISTANCE COSTUME DESIGN:
Alexandra Sebbag and Thibault Kuhn
ADVICE:
Marc Vanrunxt, Renée Copraij, Rudi Meulemans and Siska Baeck
TEXT:
fragment SPRING by Ali Smith. Copyright © 2019, Ali Smith, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited
MUSIC:
“Concerto pour Clavecin et Cordes Op 40” Réf Im: 108884 Musique de Henryk Mikolaj Górecki © PWM Editions représenté par Alphonse Leduc Editions Musicales,
“People’s Faces” written by Kae Tempest and Dan Carey © Published and Administered by Domino Publishing Company Limited (50%) and MANATA LTD Administrated by Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V. (50%),
“Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace” written by Maxwell Roach © Published by Milma Publishing Company Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Limited.
TECHNICAL DIRECTION:
Michel Spang
TOURING TECHNICIANS:
Michel Spang and Valentijn Weyn/Nele Verreyken
FOTOGRAPHY:
Phile Deprez
GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Luis Xertu
TEASERS AND TRAILERS:
Stanislav Dobak and Jan Fedinger
PRODUCTION:
GRIP
IN COLLABORATION WITH:
Dance On Ensemble
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION:
A Propic / Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent and Lara van Lookeren
COPRODUCTION:
DE SINGEL (Antwerp, BE), Theater Freiburg (DE), Sadler’s Wells (London, UK), Julidans (Amsterdam, NL), Festival d'Avignon (FR), Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France (FR), Norrlandsoperan (Umeå, SE), La Bâtie - Festival de Genève & l’ADC - Association pour la Danse Contemporaine Genève (CH), tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, DE), Le Parvis Scène Nationale Tarbes-Pyrénéés (Tarbes, FR), La Danse en grande forme - Projet de l’A-CDCN et de l’ACCN : Cndc - Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture - CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux - La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur - CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Collectif Fair-e / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Le Gymnase | CDCN Roubaix | Hauts-de-France, POLE-SUD CDCN / Strasbourg et La Place de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse Occitanie and Perpodium (BE)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
De Grote Post (Ostend, BE), CCNO - Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans in collaboration with la Scène nationale d'Orléans, Charleroi danse - Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE) and December Dance (Concertgebouw and CC Brugge) (BE). With support of the Government of Flanders.
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF:
the Flemish Government, the city of Antwerp, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and Cronos Invest
THANKS TO:
Wannes Labath, de! Kunsthumaniora, Nadine Scheuer, Mr. Jean Chabert (STANLEY/STELLA)
PREMIERE:
July 18, 2021, Festival d’Avignon
DURATION:
90 min
AGE:
16+
What more could you want in today's polarized, hostile world than a little humanity and belonging? Belgian choreographer Jan Martens and seventeen performers draw us in in an instant. It doesn't matter if we are eighteen or seventy-one years old just like the youngest and oldest performers on stage. Each one is different, with a unique voice and own experiences and skills, yet together they form one entity. The protest songs in the background remind us of the challenges we are forced to face, yet the production is a source of hope and infectious energy - not only thanks to the grandiose finale, which does not let us sit still.
The performance contains violent language.
Discounted tickets for students, seniors, disabled persons, art students and dance professionals can be purchased directly at the Hybernia Theatre box office.
Jan Martens (BE) studied at the Fontys Dansacademie in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and completed his dance studies in 2006 at the Artesis Royal Conservatory in Antwerp. He bases his works on the thesis that every body is capable of communication and has something to say, and rewrites the relationship between the performer and the audience. The debut I CAN RIDE A HORSE WHILST JUGGLING SO MARRY ME from 2010 was followed by other works such as THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER (2014), ODE TO THE ATTEMPT (2014), THE COMMON PEOPLE (2016), RULE OF THREE (2017), PASSING THE BECHDEL TEST (2018), co-production with fABULEUS or solo lostmovements. In 2020, he turned his attention to the big stage for the first time with any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, followed by FUTUR PROCHE a production with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and his solo ELISABETH GETS HER WAY in 2021. He is associated artist at the arts center DE SINGEL in Antwerp and at La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR). With manager Klaartje Oerlemans, he co-founded dance organisation GRIP with the support of the Flemish government.
