A few weeks after returning from the fiercely real ‘American Realness’ festival in New York I found myself in full swing making the magic happen, in creation for ‘Tentative Assembly (the tent piece)’ with Eleanor Bauer at Kaaistudios in Brussels and then on tour with Ivo Dimchev’s ‘X-ON’ to Frascati in Amsterdam. From there the tent piece assembled in the Montepellier CCN for a major creative push – with our eye on the prize: our premiere on the opening night of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts at Kaaitheater on May 4th! In addition to performing our first public showing in Montpellier we found the time to enjoy the fruits of the south of France – where even though February is still technically winter, for us sun starved Brusselites we couldn’t be stopped from stepping foot-knee-thigh (and for some of us more) into Mediterranean Sea. From there is was straight off to Berlin for the creation of Tino Sehgal’s newest work ‘This Variation’ before our first public showing in the Rennes CCN – yes indeed another 1st showing at another French CCN – France really does have it going on! From the France-Germany-France boomerang I returned to Brussels for the next big push on the tent piece at Kaaitheater before our final residency in Neerpelt at TAKT Dommelhof. On my weekends off I managed a couple excursions to Essen to visit Daniel Linehan and company in residency at PACT Zollverein, enacting a double-up boomerang: Belgium-Germany-Belgium-Germany-Belgium! Now looking forward, the month of May brings with it the premiere of ‘Tentative Assembly’ and a subsequent tour to Göteborg, some pick up rehearsals for Daniel Linehan’s ‘Being Together Without Any Voice’ and a PERFORMANCE KIT research workshop with Manon Santkin and Leslie Mannès. A juicy month, and my final month in Brussels before heading off to Kassel for the duration of the summer to perform ‘This Variation’ at Documenta. So far an amazing adventure, full of savory moments, like these…
The intensely somber rush of the 9/11 Memorial in New York
Surviving the most UN-savory Chinese food in Amsterdam
Returning to Magical places in Amsterdam's Vondelpark
Stone massage on the Mediterranean Beach
Shadow dances on the sand
Sipping Bionade in Berlin
Canary rides at PACT
Walking in the Zollverein Coal Mine UNESCO World Heritage Forest
Wandering the panoramic sound garden forest at TAKT Dommelhof
Keep them coming.
