‘I see myself as someone who creates links between generations, using dance as a language. I think there is great strength in that.’
The dancer and choreographer Seppe Baeyens has been closely involved with the work of Ultima Vez since 2011. In 2015, under the wing of Wim Vandekeybus’ company, he created his first largescale dance production, Tornar, with an intergenerational cast of professional and amateur dancers. Tornar was very well received in Belgium and abroad and was selected for Het Theaterfestival.
Seppe Baeyens’ new production for 2018 will draw material from intensive research into (stage) space and co-authorship in contemporary dance. In INVITED, Baeyens formulates his artistic response to the question of how the audience can help write the choreography of a performance. Taking dance as a common language, he wants to look for an alternative way of living together and thereby blur the borders between cast and audience.
INVITED consists of a varied intergenerational group of performers who reflect the contemporary society. The audience plays a fundamental role and will get the chance to take control. The stage design divides and unites, appears and disappears and guides both cast and audience through the collectively written story.
Credits
DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY Seppe Baeyens
CREATED WITH Emile Van Puymbroeck, Luke De Bolle, Chisom Onyebueke Chinaedu, Leonie Van Begin, Rosa Boateng, Oihana Azpillaga, Ischa Beernaert, Esther Motvanya, Roel Faes, Trui De Mulder, Adnane Lamarti, Seppe Baeyens, Frank Brichau, Stephan Verlinden, Elisabeth Wolfs, Leon Gyselynck
ORIGINAL MUSIC LIVE Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck, Karen Willems
DRAMATURGY Kristin Rogghe
SCENOGRAPHY & LIGHT DESIGN Ief Spincemaille
COSTUMES Lieve Meeussen
MOVEMENT ASSISTANT German Jauregui
ARTISTIC ADVICE Wim Vandekeybus
TECHNICAL COORDINATION Tom De With
PRODUCTION Seppe Baeyens / Ultima Vez
COPRODUCTION Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (Brussels)
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka Pictures Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius. The scenography is inspired by ‘ROPE - Possibilities of Binding’ commissioned by N.O.W with the support of extrapole, Fabbrica Europa, Indisciplinarte, Latitudes Contemporaines, Lókal, Mom/El Vivero, Trafó, wpZimmer. N.O.W is co-funded by the Creative European Program of the European Union.
Ultima Vez is supported by the Flemish Authorities & the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region.
