a policeman asked what was going on. I replied: 'an experiment in being together'.— Seppe Baeyens
What if, on a Sunday morning, the normal city scene on Place de la Monnaie is interrupted? After Tornar (2015) and INVITED (2018), Seppe baeyens steps outside the walls of the theater and seeks out public space. For the duration of a performance, he connects dancers and musicians, theater audiences and chance passers-by into a temporary community. In playful interactions, surprising compositions arise again and again in which everyone turns out to influence the whole. Birds is a generous, social choreography, in search of moments of shared amazement, imagination and alienation.
17.9.23
11:00 › 12:00
Place de la Monnaie
Free
This event is part of the Cassandra Festival
11:00
Concept, direction & choreographySEPPE BAEYENS In cocreation with YASSIN MRABTIFI, MARTHA BALTHAZAR Created with & performed byANNETTE BAUSSART, NOUDYSE ‘ODILE’ DECOCK, EMILE CLAUS, INÈS BAFDILI, ROSA BOATENG, YACINE SANGARA, GASPARD HERBLOT, KYRIA TSARA, CHISOM LOIS ONYEBUEKE CHINAEDU, AUDE UYTTERHOEVEN, AIKO NIANG, JAGO PAUWELS, DAVID JARAMA, ISABELLE AZAÏS, EVARISTA AZAÏS JARAMA, YASSIN MRABTIFI, MARTHA BALTHAZAR, SEPPE BAEYENS
Music composed by STEF HEEREN Live performed bySAIF AL-QAISSY, STEF HEEREN, GASPARD HERBLOT, KYRIA TSARA DramaturgyKRISTIN ROGGHE Intern dramaturgyLENA VERCAUTEREN Movement assistant tGERMÁN JAUREGUI Artistic assistance internshipBERNADETTE SCHNABEL Set designFATIMA EL OUAHABI, BJÖRK LLAGUNO ALVAREZ, LOÏSE VARGAS Y JIMENEZ, JOLIEN GILLIJNS COACHED BY EVA RAFFAELLA MENGA & BRAM KERKHOFS (LUCA SCHOOL OF ARTS) Costume designLIEVE MEEUSSEN
Production ULTIMA VEZTour directionLEONCoproductionKVS BRUSSELS, STUK - HOUSE FOR DANCE, IMAGE & SOUND (LEUVEN) CO-FUNDED BY THE CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS PART OF DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON, TANZHAUS NRW DÜSSELDORF, FESTIVAL DE MARSEILLE ResidenciesSTUK LEUVEN, KVS BRUSSEL, FESTIVAL DE MARSEILLE, TANZHAUS NRW DÜSSELDORF, BERLINER FESTSPIELE, CULTUURCENTRUM DE GROTE POST OOSTENDE, CAMPO GENT
With the support of Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka Pictures Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius. Ultima Vez is supported by the Flemish Community. Leon is supported by the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region
Thanks toDECORATELIER, CIRCULARIUM, MAISON DES CULTURES ET DE LA COHÉSION SOCIALE, MOLENWEST, ESPACE CATASTROPHE