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Dances of Death

Michiel Vandevelde

this event is part of

December Dance 2021

dance
Sat 04 Dec 2021 -20.00
introduction by De Zendelingen 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 21.35
All prices include booking fees.

A ‘danse macabre’ for the 21st century

The concept of the ‘danse macabre’ has been a constant throughout Western cultural history. Michiel Vandevelde and his five dancers explore various ‘dances of death’, from the Middle Ages to the present. In the 21st century, with its rising suicide rate and climate disasters, death is perhaps just as ubiquitous as it was back then. How can the intensely physical experience of dance help us to deal with death and loss nowadays? Discover a classic dance concept that has been reinterpreted especially for Bruges!

credits

Michiel Vandevelde: choreography, lights, sound, set & text
Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Samuel Baidoo, Hanako Hayakawa, Audrey Merilus, Robson Ledesma & Mario Barrantes Espinoza: dance
Kara Leva: vocalist
Heide Vanderieck: masks
Ester Manas: costumes
Esther Severi: dramaturgy
Jara Vlaeminckx: rehearsal director
Emmanuel Michaud: arrangement ‘When I am Laid’
Maarten Snoeck: technique

Production: Disagree. vzw
Financial Management: Klein Verzet vzw
Co-production: December Dance (Cultuurcentrum en Concertgebouw Brugge), Kaaitheater, Kunstenwerkplaats, KAAP, Stuk, PACT Zollverein
Residencies: CC De Factorij, Dans in Brugge, Kaaitheater, Kunstenwerkplaats
With the support of: The Flemish Government and VGC

Michiel Vandevelde: choreography, lights, sound, set & text
Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Samu

Sat 04 Dec 2021 -20.00
introduction by De Zendelingen 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 21.35
All prices include booking fees.