STILL / ALIVE
Mooni Van Tichel
Edition 2024
Dance
No spoken language, no subtitles
All ages
Trigger warnings:
- smoke
- loud noises
- stroboscope
- complete black outs
Who are the real immortal heroes?
Four dancers move in stop-motion to a steady beat. Like immortal superheroes, they continue endlessly in a cycle of attacking, defending, wiping sweat, and reloading. They seem to build their imaginary super-bodies and super-narratives effortlessly. Yet gradually small cracks begin to show in their grand gestures. Are they also trapped in a system with no way out?
In STILL / ALIVE, choreographer Mooni Van Tichel brings up questions around desire, violence, power, glory, pain, and vulnerability. Who has the right to defend themselves? Who gets to be violent without major consequences? And what violence is made (in)visible? Inspired by virtuosic bodies and the imagination of science fiction, she explores utopian and dystopian worldviews for our future.
Credits
Concept & creation Mooni Van Tichel Performance Costa Tombroff, Eli Mathieu Bustos, Manon Kanjinga Janssen, Mooni Van Tichel Artistic assistant Antoine Dupuy Larbre Lighting design Niels Runderkamp Costume design Stefan Kartchev Sound design Gizem Karaosmanoğlu Outside eye Krystel Khoury Technique Christophe Deprez Production manager Riet Meeus Production workspacebrussels (Brussel) Coproduction kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), KAAP (Brugge / Oostende), workspacebrussels (Brussel), A Two Dogs Company (Brussel) Residencies CAMPO (Gent), c o r s o (Berchem), KAAP (Brugge / Oostende), kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), STUK (Leuven), workspacebrussels (Brussel) With the support of de Vlaamse Gemeenschap