BIRDS
Dancer and choreographer Seppe Baeyens forms temporary communities in his stagings. He leaves the theatre walls behind in his new work BIRDS and enters public space, together with a group of performers and musicians. Once there, he interrupts the usual course of events – sometimes invisibly and hardly describable, sometimes obviously so. So, unexpected compositions arise from playful interactions between spectators, participants, and passers-by, wherein they all seem to contribute, influencing the outcome. BIRDS is a generous social choreography searching for connection and fantasy.
Since 2011, Seppe Baeyens has been associated with the activities of company Ultima Vez. He mixes professional as well as non-professional dancers and actors*/actresses* in his productions. Baeyens searches for new artistic work methods that stretch over long periods of time, based on co-authorship with the participants. His projects are not so much about individual expression, symmetrically executed movement or a harmonious choreography but rather about a direct and immediate connection between the dancers during the performance.
Duration: 60 min., Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz, Düsseldorf
Concept, direction and choreography: Seppe Baeyens; co-creation: Martha Balthazar, Yassin Mrabtifi; creation and performance: Aiko Niang, Annette Baussart, Anthony Quintard, Aude Uytterhoeven, Chisom Lois Onyebueke Chinaedu, David Jarama, Emile Claus, Evarista Azaïs Jarama, Inès Bafdili, Isabelle Azaïs, Rosa Boateng, Gaspard Herblot, Jago Pauwels, Kyria Tsara, Martha Balthazar, Seppe Baeyens, Teddy Guilbaud; Yacine Sangara, Yassin Mrabtifi; music: Stef Heeren; Composition Arabic percussion: Saif Al-Qaissy; Live performance: Gaspard Herblot, Kyria Tsara, Saif Al-Qaissy, Stef Heeren; Dramaturgy: Kristin Rogghe; Internship dramaturgy: Lena Vercauteren; Assistant movement: Germán Jauregui; internship artistic assistance: Bernadette Schnabel; set design: Björk Llaguno Alvarez, Fatima El Ouahabi, Jolien Gillijns, Loïse Vargas Y Jimenez, supervised by Eva Raffaella Menga & Bram Kerkhofs (LUCA School of Arts); costume design: Lieve Meeussen; sound: Schröder; technical: Thomas Glorieux; production and tour management: Ultima Vez.