Fifth in a series of solos and duets by the French choreographer Jérôme
Bel, based on the autobiographies of dancers. In this solo Cédric
Andrieux, dancer with Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown William Forsythe
a.o., looks back at important moments in his career.

A man and a woman on stage. Are they chance passers-by or lovers? They fight, with themselves, with each other, with the finiteness of things, with eternity. Meg Stuart and Philipp Gehmacher let their artistic worlds merge. The Brussels singer-songwriter Niko Hafkenscheid, who joins them on stage, invites them to waltz to ballads and lullabies.

As usual, the Kaaitheater will be introducing you to the world of several leading artists in a series of four lessons. Between the talk and the performance you will be served soup and bread. The talks are in Dutch.

Analysis – The Whole Song is the final piece in a trilogy on
contemporary opera. After The Ballad of Ricky and Ronny – a Pop Opera
(2007) and Ricky and Ronny and Hundred Stars – a Sado Country Opera
(2010), MaisonDahlBonnema are now entering into dialogue with the new
media. Ricky and Ronny, find themselves in various historical situations
and are confronted with iconic historical figures. A concert full of
cries from the heart.

Working Title Platform #3 - The first working phase of Monkey see, Monkey do will focus on the writing of a score that will investigate the primary actions which any confrontation with a mirror. Onstage, two characters, heterozygous twin sisters, will serve as prototypes to put into focus this experience. The double is here intended as "one". It will act in total symbiotic mimesis or, otherwise, it will melt in order to meet the other and will be capable of a sort of mutation-evolution.