Skatepark

Young talents bring the skatepark to the Concert Hall

Skateboarding is said to have been born when low waves forced Californian surfers to take to the asphalt on wheels. That 'gliding through the streets' has inspired Mette Ingvartsen to 'surf' across our stage. Together with a group of skaters and dancers, she explores the energy of movement on wheels. Thanks to years of persistence and practice, both skaters and dancers push the boundaries of the possible with their balancing skills, tricks and boisterous interaction. Communities from which we can learn a lot.

credits

Mette Ingvartsen: concept & choreography
Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Julia Rubies Subiros,Thomas Birzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers, Bob Aertsen, Bo Huyghebaert, Nona De Neve & local skaters: performance
Anne van de Star & Peter Lenaerts: sound design
Minna Tiikkainen: lighting design
Felix Kubin, Mord Records, Why the eye, sonaBLAST! Records, Rrose, The Fanny Pads & Restive Plaggona: music
Bojana Cvejić: dramaturgy
Jennifer Defays: costume design
Pierre Jambe/Antidote: scenography
Stephane Thonnard: technical set design
Assembly workshop of the Théâtre National Bruxelles: (Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana & Boyd Gates): set building
Hans Meijer: technical direction
Milan Van Doren, Yrjana Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson: sound technicians
Bennert Vancottem & Jan-Simon De Lille: lighting technicians
Jacob Ingram-Dodd : choreography assistance
Billie Meeussen & Victor Perez Hernandez: children’s supervisor
Joey Ng: production and administrative officer
Oihana Azpillaga Camio: production
Jeroen Goffings: communication
Ruth Collier: management

production: Great Investment vzw (Brussels)
coproduction: La Danse en grande forme (Cndc – Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’echangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val de Marne, CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orleans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 – Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Theatre Chaillot, DE SINGEL (Antwerp), Kaaitheater (Brussels) & Theatre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER (Ghent), Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre choregraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium (Antwerp)
with the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden
residence: Rosas, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, DE SINGEL
Great Investment is supported by The Flemish Government, The Flemish Community Commission (VGC), the Tax Shelter scheme of the Belgian Federal Government & The Danish Arts Council