HAMEL
Deep Time River
The hall lights are still on when the sound of trickling, rippling water slowly fills the room. What follows is a musically intense and visually poetic performance that moves among and around the audience.
In HAMEL, YouYou Group starts in the 13th century fairy tale about Pied Piper of Hamelin. The Pied Piper exterminated the rats in the troubled town of Hamelin with the power of music, but then used the same trick to kidnap the children when his fee was not paid.
This vocal performance turns the river where the rats drowned into the protagonist which flows through the solid theatre architecture in the performers' voices. YouYouGroup delves into enchanting musical practices as instruments and connects them with a powerful and pared-down stage design.
• YouYou Group started as a collective effort to understand how a specific use of voice can instantly create a sense of belonging and community. Through various techniques related to the youyou or trill cry, the group brings deeply vibrant vocal performances that thrill spaces and audiences. The group now brings its engaging approach with a ritualistic slant to the theatre.
Each YouYou Group creation builds on the practices the group has developed and nurtured since its start in 2014, thanks to all its members.
artistic direction Caroline Daish, Anissa Rouas, Hoda Siahtiri, Myriam Van Imschoot ⎸ performers Fatima Aitabi, Luiza Amzighar, Maud Cattiaux, Caroline Daish, Amalia Joumady, Anissa Rouas, Hoda Siahtiri, Carolina Van Eps Jimenez, Rim Zagheden, Farah Kassem, Fatiha Setoutti, Inger Flotve | movement Stéphanie Auberville | textile Linda Topic, with the complicity of Antonin Bachet | weaving YouYou Group, with the coaching of René Wijnants | installation Meryem Bayram, with the assistance of Tom De With and Ralf Nonn | sonorisation Stef Van Alsenoy | light design Eduardo Abdala | dramaturgical advice Sarah Leó, Ismail Fayed ⎸production management Kaat Balfoort | financial management Wim Viaene/Rossinant | production newpolyphonies | coproduction DE SINGEL, Platform 0090, C-Takt ⎸ with the support of the Flemish Government, the Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government and the Flemish Community of Brussels | thanks to Adaline Anobile, Ani Bedrossian, Cecilia Belen Sandoval, Rika Colpaert, Navid Fayaz, Mira Gebhardt, Pema Geeraerts, Bamba Gueye, Solal Gueye, Toine Horvers, Caroline Lee-Jeong, Chevalier Masson, Emilie Masson, Edgard Neris, Sarah Patoor, Léa Ricorday, Anthony Ruotte, Livia Slegers, Deva Stelandre-Topic, Anna Sveyslitskaya, Nele Tas, Anne-Laure Pigache
Every creation of the YouYou Group builds on the practices that the group has been developing and nurturing since its inception in 2014 by the grace of all its members.
