Ben en Vero

What happens when two dancers from two very different lives meet Veronique made dance her own in Platform K, a dance company for dancers with disabilities. Benjamin disciplined his body through years of ballet and contemporary dance training. They find common ground in a dance performance in which they don't shy away from taking risks. They enjoy challenging each other and going − physically, mentally and spiritually − to the limits of what they think they can do. 

They want to leave hierarchical structures based on physical abilities, gender, and age far behind. They’re looking for physical contact in which it's no longer certain just who is supporting whom, or who is leading whom. The more they let their bodies speak for themselves, the freer they feel: in and with the dance, with themselves, with each other. Do they thereby also liberate contemporary dance from its conventions of formality and virtuosity? The result is an intimate, multi-layered, and fluid portrait of interpersonal contact. 

• Benjamin Vandewalle explores how movement, perception, and encounter shape one another. His work invites audiences to see, listen, and connect differently—both inside and beyond the theatre space. From choreographies like HEAR and Common Ground to installations such as Studio Cité and Off-track, he creates spaces where movement becomes a shared experience. 

• Véronique Mees is a dancer and performer. Since 2014, she has been closely associated with Platform K, an inclusive dance company for dancers with disabilities. There she develops her artistic practice in collaboration with a wide range of choreographers, dance teachers and dancers. She participated in the Summer Schools of les ballets C de la B (now La Geste) and P.A.R.T.S., and is actively involved in the inclusive dance lab at the Conservatory for Dance in Antwerp (deSingel), where she works with students and guest teachers in a mixed group of dancers with and without disabilities.