Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that the demonstrations in Hong Kong during the summer of 2019 would end in 'crushed bodies and shattered bones'. He believed that harsh language would keep the protests in check. Rhetorical violence seems to have become normal in the Trump era. Words are used as weapons, and may turn into real violence. At the same time, concerned citizens loudly make themselves heard with sit-ins, kiss-ins, climate actions, and school strikes. Belgian choreographer Jan Martens (b. 1984), whose work focuses on the beautiful, crazy, poignant aspects of humans, stages a protest with seventeen performers aged 15 to 68. He uses a different, perhaps much more telling language than words – that of the body.
Choreography Jan Martens
Dance Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Jim Buskens, Baptiste Cazaux, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Courtney May Robertson, Laura Vanborm en Loeka Willems
Understudy's Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Lia Witjes Poole Zora Westbroek
Artistic assistant Anne-Lise Brevers
Light design Jan Fedinger
Assistant ligt desing Vito Walter
Costume design Cédric Charlier
Assistant costume design Alexandra Sebbag en Thibault Kuhn
Outside eyes Marc Vanrunxt, Renée Copraij, Rudi Meulemans en Siska Baeck
Tekst fragment in SPRING from Ali Smith. Copyright © 2019, Ali Smith, gebruikt met toestemming van The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited
Muziek “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 Valentijn Weyn/Bennert Vancottem
Production Sylvie Svanberg
Production assistance Marie Luyten (intern) en Saskia Vervoort
Business management Klaartje Oerlemans
Business support Ruud Van Moorleghem en Lotte De Mont
Communications Sam Loncke
Fotography Phile Deprez
Graphic design Luis Xertu
Teasers and trailers Stanislav Dobak and Jan Fedinger
Production GRIP
In collaboration with Dance On Ensemble
International distribuion A Propic / Line Rousseau en Marion Gauvent
Coproduction deSingel internationale kunstcampus (Antwerpen, BE), Theater Freiburg (DE), Sadler’s Wells (London, UK), Julidans (Amsterdam, NL), 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 (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 en La Place de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse Occitanie) en Perpodium en December Dance (Concertgebouw en CC Brugge) (BE)
With support from De Grote Post (Oostende, BE), Charleroi Danse (BE) en CCNO - Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans ism Théâtre d’Orléans (FR)
With financial support from de Vlaamse Overheid, de stad Antwerpen, de taxshelter van de Belgische Federale Overheid en Cronos Invest
Met dank aan Mr. Jean Chabert (STANLEY/STELLA)
Dates
28/10/2021 19:00
tickets
sold out
cancelled
Waiting list
Price
€ 26 / € 17*
Location
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, DE-Zaal
Edition
SPRING in Autumn 2021
Info
Duration: 90 minutes
Language no problem.
Toegankelijk:
Please note: contains light stroboscopic effect
*online price, €2 addition at the Box Office
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