2019

You take a seat, together with dozens of other spectators, and roll through the space. Four performers run past you. They invite you to read a letter, open a gift, create a painting. Together with them, you move through a space full of surprises where the boundary between performer and spectator blurs. A world coloured by the unexpected.

In Balancing Bodies, Woest surrenders its performers and audience to an unpredictable space. A theatrical universe full of surprises and unexpected twists, where performers invite the spectator into an intimate, exploratory dialogue. The interaction between performer and spectator is central — a dynamic search in which the relationships between them are pushed to the limit and rewritten. Balancing Bodies plays with and undermines traditional (theatre) codes.

direction Manon Avermaete performance Evelyne Rossie/Mayke van Kruchten, Sarah Vingerhoets, Wannes de Porre/Piet van Dycke, Paulien Truijen/Carli Gellings soundscape Steven Holsbeeks scenography Indianen dramaturgy Gerhard Verfaillie production Paulien Truijen photography Jeroen Trispel co-production P2 (as part of the inter-Limburg collaboration Theater aan het Vrijthof and cultuurcentrum Hasselt) with support from Tweetakt Festival, Krokusfestival, Dansmakers Amsterdam, De Brakke Grond, Monty