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- Premiere: 19 July 2024
- Age: +12 years
About the research
The transdiscplinary circus performance DAR unpacks the primal emotion of fear in all its subtleties. Set in a dys-utopian landscape where all conforming norms are suspended – between adults & children, human & technology, structured performance & free play – the show makes one reflect and palpably experience how we deal with fear in our daily lives. Inhabited by three adults, three children and a military drone, the desolate terrain shape shifts continually; oscillating between becoming a no man’s land, a danger zone, a playground and a haven. Free Play & Parkour (an athletic-circus practice) aptly forms the underlying vocabulary of this performance, symbolically suggesting not only freedom from restriction but also as a proposed antidote to liberate oneself from fear.
About the company
With the vibrancy of the everyday as it’s starting point, MOVEDBYMATTER creates performances and concepts that test the vibrancy of our bodily routine movements and daily rituals. How is it possible to create a choreography of movements that escape our conscious control? What is the physical translation of our unconscious thoughts?
And finally, how do time and body interact?
In addition to performances, MOVEDBYMATTER also creates events where the vibrant nature of objects is unleashed on crowds. What are the effects of these objects on their perception of time, their connection and their conversational power?
Direction Kasper Vandenberghe
Concept Kasper Vandenberghe i.c.w Tina Heylen
Direction assistant : Anke De Cleer
Dramaturgy Nikita Maheshwary
Production Manager Kaat Balfoort
Artistic Coordinator Kasper Vandenberghe
Parkour Performers Renae Dambly, Tim van den Bos de Lucas & Matt McCreary
Music Composer Johannes Verschaeve
Technician Simon Neels, Max Maes
Drone Pilot Hannes Verschore - Drones And lights
Children Cast Uma Baute, Isaac De Busscher, Martha Cosemans
Child coach : Elle-Mieke Miseur & Mieke Ronsmans
Costume Design Tina Heylen
Scenography Jan Rymenants & Carlos Miguel Theus
Producer MBM Wouter Vermeylen
Special thanks Tina Heylen, Koen Vandenberghe and the parents of the children. Drone company 'And.Lights' and Kopergietery for the help with the children.
Flemish government (Circus Department) | Taxshelter Perpodium | Cirklabo Leuven| Dommelhof Pelt | C-Takt | Kaap | Miramiro Gent
Kopergieterij Ghent | VierNulVier Ghent | Mad festival | Handelsreizigers in ideeën
