SOMNIA
Anne Teresa and Jolente De Keersmaeker will create a location-based production in a clearing in the woods. A group of 44 dancers who are in the final year of their training at PARTS and 13 musicians engage in a dialogue with their natural surroundings: gravity, the musical sounds of nature, and the various rhythms of life outside the city. The underlying narratives come from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream and from the novella Somnium (1608) by the astronomer Johannes Kepler, an intriguing mix of science and fantasy. The performance explores dance as a game of gravity, guided by fantastical stories, and in a space-time beyond the boundaries of urban theatre.
with Rita Alves (PT), Maureen Bator (FR), Cassandre Cantillon (BE), Calvin Carrier (UK), Wai Lok Chan (HK), Aminata Diallo (FR), Synne Enoksen (NO), Papis Faye (SN), José Fernandez (ES), Carolina Ferreira (PT), Némo Flouret (FR), Rafael Dos Santos (BR), Jonas Gineika (LT), Tessa Hall (NZ), Hanako Hayakawa (JP), Hyeonseok Lee (KR), Thomas Higginson (UK), Mei-Ning Huang (TW), Cheyenne Illegems (BE), Keren Kraizer (IL), Georges Labbat (FR), Robson Ledesma (BR), Eimi Leggett (JP), Ivan Lucadamo (ES), Lydia McGlinchey (AU), Audrey Merilus (FR), Vasco Mirine (MZ), Fouad Nafili (MA), Azusa Namba (JP), Timothy Nouzak (AT), Stanley Ollivier (FR), Alban Ovanessian (FR), Jean-Baptiste Portier (FR), Margarida Ramalhete (PT), Luis Ramirez Munoz (CO), Myriam Rosser (ES), Julia Rubies (ES), Cintia Sebök (HU), Joshua Serafin (PH), Mariana Silva (BR), Judith Van Oeckel (BE), Mooni Van Tichel (BE), Gustavo Vieira (BR), Mamadou Wague (FR) | created with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jolente De Keersmaeker | artistic assistants Marie Goudot, Michaël Pomero, Scarlet Tummers | text Somnium, Johannes Kepler; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare | music after The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell | arrangements Fabian Fiorini, Calvin Carrier, Némo Flouret | musical advice Tom Pauwels | musicians Laurent Blondiau, Lieve De Sadeleer, Isabel Favilla, Benjamin Postal, Kinga Ludvai | voice coach Lucy Grauman, Fabienne Seveillac | natural movement Aron Blom | costumes Lila John | costumes assistant Heide Vanderieck | production assistant Sien Van Dycke | fire Corentin Hannon, Dries Kestemont | technicians Steven Peeters, Herman Venderickx | kitchen Wieke Nelissen, Sureshkumar Rajendran, Carole Sainte-Marie, Petronella van der Hallen | P.A.R.T.S. Lief Bigare, Etienne Bracke, Johanna Buys, Jens Buysschaert, Sandra Da Costa, Steven De Belder, Laura De Bie, Els De Meyer, Maria Leandro, Steven Peeters, Manon Santkin, Naomi Solomaniuck, Charlotte Vandevyver, Sien Van Dycke, Theo Van Rompay, Sandy Williams, Czeslaw Wnorowski | production P.A.R.T.S. | co-production Rosas, tg STAN, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Agentschap Natuur & Bos, Kasteel van Gaasbeek | presentation Kaaitheater, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Agentschap Natuur & Bos, Kasteel van Gaasbeek | thanks to Kuno Bakker, Bart Coen, De gemeente Lennik, Hugo De Greef, De Groentelaar met Tijs Boelens, Nicolas Naessens & Sander Van Haver, De School van Gaasbeek, Drinks Limbourg, Juan Díaz Dorronsoro, Eva Fillet, Jade Fillet, Rone Fillet, Steven Fillet, Thomas Hertog, Ictus, Floor Keersmaekers, Emilie Kino, Luc Mishalle, Klaas Tindemans | P.A.R.T.S. is supported by the Flemish Ministry of Education
• durational
• outdoors: bring warm clothes!
• shuttle service from Brussels available > limited capacity, so book early