Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (BE) – Fractus V
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Bouchra Ouizguen Ottof (Morocco)
Ottof – diligent ants – is how Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen describes the group of older women she has been working with for years. They are not regular dancers, but aitas, who according to a long-standing tradition entertain the (male) audience at parties and weddings with their powerful vocals and physical confidence. Explore Festival is presented to…
Gandini Juggling Water on Mars (England)
Gandini Juggling have teamed up with the oh so hot right now Plastic Boom to produce Water on Mars – a meteoric, whiz of a show. Think virtuoso juggling gone wild from the fringe-storming producers of ‘4×4’ and ‘Smashed’ comes this extrinsic playground experiment… 14 feb 2018 Genk, C-mine Cultuurcentrum Genk 16 feb 2018 Aalst, Cultuurcentrum De Werf 17…
Virginie Brunelle A la douleur que j’ai (Canada)
To the pain that lingers is a work that highlights our irrational behaviours when human relationships hurt us. It is a visual melody that aims to bring us together through a poetic staging of our daily battles. Virginie Brunelle on A la douleur que j’ai: ‘Pain has many faces. In this case, I want to explore…
Deborah Colker VERO (Brazil)
Deborah Colker had the honour of being the Opening Ceremony Movement Director of The Olympic Games in Brazil 2016. Some of the shows of Cia de Danca Deborah Colker, notoriously Rota and Velox work with artistic movements which refer to sports as a vehicle for expressive and organic freedom reflected in the Olympic spirit. Deborah decided…
Theatro La Re-sentida La dictadura de lo Cool (Chili)
La dictadura de lo Cool is an exuberant satire aimed at the Chilean cultural elite. A sparkling story acquaints us with a few well-to-do people during a pool party that is slowly going off the rails. It is the story of a self-satisfied upper class. They were left-wing and politically involved once, but slipped down to…
Machine de Cirque Machine de Cirque (France)
15 years after the Apocalypse, five men still manage to survive. Armed with their talent for acrobatics and ingenuity, you’ll see how they get around in this world without women or computers. Sometimes comical, sometimes nostalgic, these wacky characters masterfully manipulate various props such as a teeterboard, juggling clubs, a drum kit and even a…
Strut ‘n Fret LIMBO (Australia)
Welcome to the greatest party between heaven and hell. LIMBO, an intoxicating mix of cabaret, circus and acrobatics, LIMBO continues to seduce audiences worldwide with a celebration of otherworldly proportions. 09 mei 2018 Assen, De Nieuwe Kolk 10 mei 2018 Den Haag, Zuiderstrandtheater 11 mei 2018 Zoetermeer, Stadstheater 12 mei 2018 Hoogeveen, De Tamboer 15 mei 2018 Waalwijk, De Leest 17…
Manual Cinema Ada/Ava (United States)
Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time in the patterns of a life built for two. However, a traveling carnival and a trip to a mirror maze plunges her into a journey across the thresholds of life and death. Set in a landscape of the New England gothic, Ada/Ava uses a…
Peeping Tom Vader (Belgium)
Vader (Father) is set in the visiting area of an old-folks home whose towering walls accentuate the fact that the action takes place deep underground. At the centre of this netherworld, somewhere between the world of the living and the dead, stands the figure of the father, who seems to be distancing himself gradually from the…