Backstage
Here you will find news, background articles and interviews with artists and news from the cultural field.
Spinning, Turning, Swirling
A converstation with Miet Warlop about Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break, "it is in fact like a whirlabout that is thrown out of my work and takes its course", according to Miet Warlop.
“What do we project onto, and into, this absence? Fantasy, horror, desire, and so much more.”
Interview with Angela Goh about Uncanny Valley Girl.
“I wanted to rediscover dance, specifically the necessity for dance and its connective power.”
Interview with Tzeni Argyriou about ANΩNYMO
“City Hall is like a loop in a dream, you keep coming back but something has changed.”
Interview with Andrea Božić and Julia Willms about PoroCity
The permanent destruction now is a kind of payback to the world, instead of an act of self-revenge.
Interview with Naomi Velissariou about PERMANENT DESTRUCTION: The HM Concert.
“We wanted to know what perspectives there might be in a place that is so devastated”
Interview with Silke Huysmans en Hannes Dereere about Pleasant Island.
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"Ravishing dance shows and documentary theatre pieces, ironic humanoids and skillful bondage artists, Greek traditional dance and Indonesian noise music come together in a theatrical journey around the world and into Utrecht."
“We cling to the idea that machines are going to solve our problems.”
Interview with visual artist and theatre maker Kris Verdonck
“I want to bring back the moment with a piece of art that is very unique, temporary and local”
Interview with Jeroen van Loon