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which productions do you personally many more dancers on stage than there actually
have the highest expectations of? are. ‘Areal A’ by the Austrian collective Granular Coproduction with the Cultural Centre Bruges
I have high expectations of ‘Philoctetes’, a Synthesis is also a very powerful installation Artistic Coordinator: Peter Roose
project that literally and figuratively breaks whose visual clarity is determined by the volume
through the boundary of theatre. Even if only of sound. The louder the sound, the clearer the With the support of the Goethe Institut
because of the starting point: technology as image. At a certain point, the sound becomes Ministerium für Städtebau und Wohnen, Kultur und
the ultimate ‘prosthesis’. or a dose of quality unbearable, but then you suddenly see a clear Sport des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
text theatre without actors in ‘Les Aveugles/ image. A witches’ cauldron that radiates great Délégation de Quebec, Canadian
The Blind’ by the Canadian company Théâtre calm. With many productions the sensory Embassy in Belgium
ubu, which drew rave reviews at the festivals experience plays an important role. Seeing and Ministry of the French Community in Belgium and
of Avignon and Edinburgh. ‘Body/Leisure’ by hearing take on an added dimension and you the Japan Foundation With the cooperation of Barco
Charleroi/Danses is also highly recommended. start to wonder about how things fit together.
Just about all the techniques of the last This is most clearly illustrated in the intriguing Concertgebouw Brugge
twenty years are incorporated into this dance project ‘Lilja’ by Les Petits Poissons, a Tarantino- Biekorf, Shed 1Agence Minne
production. The use of new technology is like dance and theatre montage by the German City Theatre
very exciting, and yet the production is still choreographer Samir Akika, whose camera and Magdalenazaal, Bogardenkapel
interesting choreographically. The technology image manipulation carries the audience off House 2002 – Perez de Malvenda
adds enormously to it. Through projections of on an artistic trip to far beyond the walls of the Brugge, Belgium
all kinds, you have the impression there are theatre.
Loes Maveau

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