Mette Ingvartsen [DK/BE]

69 Positions

04.10 – 05.10.2016

Sexual utopia

Nakedness, excesses, orgasmic eroticism, ritualistic pleasure, audience participation and political engagement: all are expressions of a sexual utopia, which was typical of the counterculture and experimental performances of the 1960s. But what does this utopia still mean today? In Ingvartsen’s solo – which maintains a good balance between exhibition and performance – she explores the way in which we deal with our bodies and sexuality today. She leads you through videos, performances, books, films, movements, text and image and thus brings history back to life.

concept, choreography & performance Mette Ingvartsen | light Nadja Räikkä | set Virginie Mira | sound design Peter Lenaerts | dramaturgy Bojana Cvejic | production management Kerstin Schroth | production Mette Ingvartsen / Great Investment | co-production apap / szene (Salzburg), Musée de la Danse/Centre Chorégraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne, Kaaitheater (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Les Spectacles vivants – Centre Pompidou (Paris), BUDA (Kortrijk), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen) | support Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes), Festival d’Automne à Paris, DOCH - University of dance and circus (Stockholm) | funded by The Flemish Authorities & The Danish Arts Council

Programmaboekje - Programme de salle - Evening programme

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Mette Ingvartsen

7 Pleasures

dance performance

dance

Fri 07.10 - Sat 08.10.16

A group of twelve performers explores the mystery of pleasure. In a long, sensual movement bodies touch, test, and lose their borders. They vibrate, entering into contact and composition with their environment, forming unexpected constellations. Mette Ingvartsen looks seven concepts of pleasure straight in the eye.

The Permeable Stage

organized by Mette Ingvartsen

colloquium

Sat 08.10.16

The Permeable Stage is a 10-hour long research event, dedicated to investigating the politics of sexuality and its proximal relations to privacy and the public sphere.

The Red Pieces

an interview with Mette Ingvartsen

Interview

Tue 23.08.16

In her latest performance cycle The Red Pieces, Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen investigates the role of nudity and sexuality in our society. In October she will present 69 Positions and 7 Pleasures at Kaaitheater, followed by a conference with performative proposals, lectures and discussions. ‘I use a soft tone, even though the things I ask sometimes come close to the edge of what is comfortable.’

Van seksuele utopie naar pornokapitalisme

Een interview met Mette Ingvartsen door Charlotte De Somviele

Interview

Thu 06.10.16

In The Red Pieces onderzoekt choreografe Mette Ingvartsen hoe de technologie, politiek en farma-industrie onze seksuele identiteit ingrijpend hebben veranderd. Van de anticonceptiepil tot geile avatars: hoe vrij zijn onze verlangens nog? – CHARLOTTE DE SOMVIELE