Vandaag stellen we de tweede groep afstuderenden uit de nieuwe Master Dans aan u voor.
Ehren Verrelst, Myrthe Bokelmann en Rocio Barriga Lopez hebben hun werk twee jaar lang gedocumenteerd, gecontextualiseerd en kritisch bekeken. De jury buigt zich nu over hun eindpresentatie, die ze zowel in geschreven tekst als op het podium aan ons tonen.
Natural bodies inhabiting spaces
Myrthe Bokelmann
Within this research Myrthe has been looking into the ways in which we humans relate to the non-human things around us, especially those that have, in one way or another, moved through us in order to transform their shape. The little series of duets that came out of this process is a collaboration between Harrel, Slinky, het kattenkopje, the fan, Mollie, and themself, and is an attempt to find connection with each other through dancing and singing together. It aims to create a space that is based on mutual listening and care, and allows all the participants to express themselves as contributing performers.
All of this is not tradition
Rocio Barriga Lopez
This research, conducted by Rocio, was motivated by the need to travel back in time, to go back to her roots. Not to find answers, but to start asking questions. She was interested in knowing about her own genealogy and especially wanted to know about the women who created her history. The military tradition of her ancestors has generated many contradictions in her body, but has allowed her to find documentation that contained information about historical moments, dates, places and people. Along the way, one of the greatest frustrations Rocio have encountered was that the women did not appear in the history, they were not represented and therefore it was as if they had not existed. Through this research, she intends to give visibility to
those women a body, place and time.
IF YOU DON’T SWEAT
Ehren Verrelst
IF YOU DON'T SWEAT is a research project that investigates collectivity through a jumping practice. In this research encounter and collectivity are central, as opposed to the individuality and competition we are often confronted with in the dance field. The mode of non-stop production of movement, the complexity of the choreography and the stamina it requires, makes it necessary to rely and depend on the collective memory and encouragement of the group. The very rigid choreography thus makes way for connection. IF YOU DON'T SWEAT is a point of encounter. A meeting between the dancers involved, between the audience and between both of them.