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© Julien Lambert

Cold blood

Michèle Anne De Mey, Jaco Van Dormael & Collectif Kiss & Cry
Tue 19.03.2019 - Sat 23.03.2019
19.03.2019
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23.03.2019

The house lights go down. The camera starts. Action! Fingers dart about in a wonderful miniature decor, cameras float and dance along, a voice narrates. Film-maker Jaco Van Dormael and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey make a film before your eyes. Like Kiss & Cry, their 2011 world hit, the long-awaited Cold Blood was a poetic trip full of flair and stunning visual discoveries. The press was ecstatic about this creation, which was the concluding work for Mons 2015, and then it went on a new world tour.

Cold Blood is not a sequel to Kiss & Cry, but a compelling new adventure that lies somewhere between nano-dance and film. The author Thomas Gunzig will once again be responsible for the lyrics. You will recognise the influences of Ravel, Schubert, David Bowie and Janis Joplin. A journey through space and time, in the mind of a woman on the divide between life and death. A virtuoso ode to the fragility of life and the magic of theatre.
 

"Cold Blood is zowel film als theater."
De Morgen
'You may never look at your hands the same way after a show by the Belgian artists Jaco Van Dormael and Michèle Anne De Mey.'
The Globe and Mail
© Julien Lambert
© Julien Lambert
© Julien Lambert
© Julien Lambert

Credits

A SHOW BY MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY, JACO VAN DORMAEL & LE COLLECTIF KISS & CRY TEXTS THOMAS GUNZIG IN COLLECTIVE CREATION WITH GRÉGORY GROSJEAN, THOMAS GUNZIG, JULIEN LAMBERT, SYLVIE OLIVÉ, NICOLAS OLIVIER WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THOMAS BENI, GLADYS BROOKFIELD-HAMPSON, BORIS CEKEVDA, GABRIELLA IACONO, AURÉLIE LEPORCQ, BRUNO OLIVIER, STEFANO SERRA DIRECTED BY JACO VAN DORMAEL & MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY TEXTS THOMAS GUNZIG SCREENPLAY THOMAS GUNZIG, JACO VAN DORMAEL & MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY CINEMATOGRAPHY JACO VAN DORMAEL & JULIEN LAMBERT CHOREOGRAPHY MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY & GRÉGORY GROSJEAN DANCERS MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY, GRÉGORY GROSJEAN & GABRIELLA IACONO IMAGE JULIEN LAMBERT ASSISTED BY AURÉLIE LEPORCQ SET DESIGN SYLVIE OLIVÉ ASSISTED BY FRANÇOIS ROUX, JULIETTE FASSIN, THÉODORE BRISSET, BRIGITTE BAUDET, DANIELLA ZORROZUA CONSTRUCTORS JEAN-FRANÇOIS PIERLOT, WALTER GONZALES COSTUMES BÉA PENDESINI & SARAH DUVERT LIGHTING DESIGN NICOLAS OLIVIER ASSISTED BY BRUNO OLIVIER SOUND DESIGN & LIVE MIXING BORIS CEKEVDA INTERPRETERS & ACTIONS MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY, GRÉGORY GROSJEAN, GABRIELLA IACONO, IVAN FOX, BRUNO OLIVIER, STEFANO SERRA, JACO VAN DORMAEL, JULIEN LAMBERT, AURÉLIE LEPORCQ PHOTOGRAPHER JULIEN LAMBERT GENERAL DIRECTION THOMAS DOBRUSZKÈS PRODUCTION DELEGAT HÉLÈNE DUBOIS/ASTRAGALE ASBL TOUR MANAGER MERYL MOENS / MODUL CIE DIRECTOR JACO VAN DORMAEL IN ALTERNATION WITH HARRY CLEVEN & NICOLAS OLIVIER DANCERS MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY, GRÉGORY GROSJEAN, GABRIELLA IACONO IN ALTERNATION WITH MANUELA RASTALDI, FRAUKE MARIEN, DENIS ROBERT, NORA ALBERDI CAMERA JULIEN LAMBERT IN ALTERNATION WITH JULIETTE VAN DORMAEL & TRISTAN GALAND ASSISTED BY AURÉLIE LEPORCQ IN ALTERNATION WITH PIERRE DE WURSTEMBERGER & CHARLOTTE MARCHAL SET & HANDLING IVAN FOX, STEFANO SERRA IN ALTERNATION WITH AURORE LEDUC LIGHTING NICOLAS OLIVIER IN ALTERNATION WITH GIACINTO CAPONIO & YANN HOOGSTOEL SOUND BORIS CEKEVDA IN ALTERNATION WITH BENJAMIN DANDOY INTERPRETERS JACO VAN DORMAEL, MICHÈLE ANNE DE MEY/ MANUELA RASTALDI/FRAUKE MARIEN, GRÉGORY GROSJEAN/DENIS ROBERT, GABRIELLA IACONO/NORA ALBERDI, JULIEN LAMBERT/TRISTAN GALAND/JULIETTE VAN DORMAEL, AURÉLIE LEPORCQ/CHARLOTTE MARCHAL/PIERRE DE WURSTEMBERGER, IVAN FOX/ AURORE LEDUC, STEFANO SERRA, GIACINTO CAPONIO/ NICOLAS OLIVIER/YANN HOOGSTOEL NARRATORS JACO VAN DORMAEL (FR), VALENTIJN DHAENENS (NDLS), TOBY REGBO (EN), FRANCESCO MORMINO (IT), MAKIS PAPADIMITRIOU (GR), OLEG ZHUKOV (D) TRANSLATIONS MICHAEL DE COCK (NDLS), GLADYS BROOKFIELD (EN), OLMO MISSAGLIA (IT), XÉNIA ENGEL (D) PRODUCTION DELEGATE MARS, MONS ARTS DE LA SCÈNE EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION ASTRAGALE ASBL (BE) ASSOCIATED PRODUCER THÉÂTRE DE NAMUR (BE) COPRODUCTION CHARLEROI DANSES, LA FONDATION MONS 2015, KVS, LES THÉÂTRES DE LA VILLE DE LUXEMBOURG, LE PRINTEMPS DES COMÉDIENS,TORINO DANZA, CANADIAN STAGE, THÉÂTRE DE CAROUGE-ATELIER DE GENÈVE, THÉÂTRE DES CÉLESTINS, LA COMÈTE SCÈNE NATIONALE DE CHÂLONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE