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Triptiek van het extatische lichaam

Voetvolk, Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
Sat 12.02.2022 and Sun 13.02.2022
12.02.2022
and
13.02.2022
  • 12.02.2022
    19:30 - 22:45
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    Past event
  • 13.02.2022
    15:00 - 18:15
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    Past event

Lisbeth Gruwez’ lauded triptych of the ecstatic body is a triptych of trance. Gruwez dives deep into our patterns of thought and our subcutaneous sensations, but resurfaces every time. In the spring of 2022, you’ll have a unique opportunity to experience these three performances in one day at KVS. 

IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE, MY FRIEND

In It's going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend, Lisbeth Gruwez gives shape to the archetype of the great orator. Rather than zooming in on the content of his rousing words, she dismantles the passionate ecstasy in which he finds himself.

AH/HA

Five bodies encounter one another in a place without a name, perhaps in the middle of the night. According to the rhythm of the circumstances, they slowly grow closer, just as rubbish is sometimes blown together on a deserted street. But their alliance gives them unexpected strength. They find one another in one of the most animated forms of human expressions: laughter. Their encounter becomes a dangerous feast of communal ecstasy.

WE’RE PRETTY FUCKIN’ FAR FROM OKAY

The basic principle of the show is the concrete physiological impact of fear. In We're pretty fuckin' far from okay, fear is studied as a biological phenomenon, not as a socio-cultural sensation. Not as acquired behaviour, but as evolutionary developed answer to the question "to fight, flight or freeze?" In We're pretty fuckin' far from okay 'nature' beats 'nurture' - although they are sometimes each other's nursing enemies. Lisbeth Gruwez – this time without Wannes Labath – zooms in on what fear does to a body: she incorporates the haunted look, the accelerated heart rate, the shallow breathing. According to her, fear is a body in trance, reduced to its instincts.

Credits

IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE, MY FRIEND VAN & MET / DE & AVEC / BY & WITH Lisbeth Gruwez ARTISTIEK ADVIES / CONSEIL ARTISTIQUE / ARTISTIC ADVICE Bart Meuleman COMPOSITIE, GELUIDSONTWERP & ASSISTENTIE / COMPOSITION, CONCEPTION SONORE & ASSISTANCE / COMPOSITION, SOUND DESIGN & ASSISTANCE Maarten Van Cauwenberghe KOSTUUMONTWERP / STYLISME / STYLING Veronique Branquinho LICHTONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE / LIGHTING DESIGN Harry Cole & Caroline Mathieu PRODUCTIELEIDING / DIRECTEUR DE PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Anita Boels TECHNIEK / TECHNIQUE Caroline Mathieu PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION KVS Voetvolk Vzw COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION Grand Theater Groningen, Troubleyn | Jan Fabre, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Andwhatbeside(S)Death

AH/HA CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAFIE / CONCEPT & CHORÉGRAPHIE / CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY Lisbeth Gruwez COMPOSITIE & GELUIDSONTWERP / COMPOSITION & CONCEPTION SONORE / COMPOSITION & SOUND DESIGN Maarten Van Cauwenberghe PERFORMANCE Lisbeth Gruwez, Vicente Arlandis Recuerda, Anne-Charlotte Bisoux, Mercedes Dassy, Lucius Romeo-Fromm DRAMATURGIE / DRAMATURGY Bart Meuleman LICHTONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE / LIGHTING DESIGN Harry Cole SCENOGRAFIE / SCÉNOGRAPHIE / SCENOGRAPHY Marie Szersnovicz KOSTUUMS / COSTUMES Catherine Van Bree TECHNISCH DIRECTEUR / DIRECTEUR TECHNIQUE / TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Caroline Mathieu PRODUCTIELEIDING / DIRECTEUR DE PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Anita Boels COMMUNICATIEMEDEWERKER / ASSISTANT À LA COMMUNICATION / COMMUNICATION MANAGER Sam Ecker PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION KVS Voetvolk Vzw COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION troubleyn | Jan Fabre, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Andwhatbeside(S)Death, Tandem Arras-Douai, Les Brigittines, Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales De Seine-Saint-Denis, Next Festival, Dampfzentrale, Le Triangle – Cité De La Danse De Rennes, Théâtre De La Bastille, La Batie – Festival De Genève, Kvs, Le Phare – Ccn Du Havre Normandie MET DE STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE / WITH THE SUPPORT OF Kunstencentrum Nona, De Vlaamse Gemeenschap, De Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie & Provincie Antwerpen

WE’RE PRETTY FUCKIN’ FAR FROM OKAY CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAFIE / CONCEPT & CHORÉGRAPHIE / CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY Lisbeth Gruwez COMPOSITIE, GELUIDSONTWERP & ASSISTENTIE / COMPOSITION, CONCEPTION SONORE & ASSISTANCE / COMPOSITION, SOUND DESIGN & ASSISTANCE Maarten Van Cauwenberghe PERFORMANCE Lisbeth Gruwez DRAMATURGIE / DRAMATURGY Bart Van Den Eynde REPETITOR / RÉPÉTITEUR / TUTOR Lucius Romeo-Fromm LICHTONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE / LIGHTING DESIGN Harry Cole & Caroline Mathieu SCENOGRAFIE / SCÉNOGRAPHIE / SCENOGRAPHY Marie Szersnovicz, Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe KOSTUUMS / COSTUMES Alexandra Sebbag TECHNIEK / TECHNIQUE Thomas Glorieux KOSTUUMONTWERP / STYLISME / STYLING Lisbeth Gruwez PRODUCTIELEIDING & TOURMANAGEMENT / DIRECTRICE DE PRODUCTION & DE TOURNÉE / PRODUCTION & TOUR DIRECTOR Anita Boels COMMUNICATIEMEDEWERKER / ASSISTANT À LA COMMUNICATION / COMMUNICATION MANAGER Sam Ecker PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION KVS Voetvolk Vzw COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION troubleyn | Jan Fabre, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Tandem Arras-Douai, Les Brigittines, Ma Scène Nationale De Montbéliard, La Batie – Festival De Genève, Kvs, Le Phare – Ccn Du Havre Normandie, Kunstfest Weimar RESIDENTIES / RÉSIDENCES / RESIDENCIES Troubleyn Jan Fabre, Arts Centre Buda, Stuk & Les Brigittines MET DE STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE / WITH THE SUPPORT OF Kunstencentrum Nona, De Vlaamse Gemeenschap, De Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie