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Els Theunis. The artistic team includes musicians Geert Waegeman,
Rudy Trouvé, Gerrit Valckenaers, Youri Van Uffelen and
Ephraïm Cielen, and actors Sara Vertongen, Kris Cuppens, Dirk
Buyse, Pieter Genard and Janne Desmet.
compagnie carlotta
www.compagniecarlotta.be
Compagnie Carlotta produces theatre performances for young
audiences departing from (classical) music. The artistic team is
headed by theatre maker-writer Karelmaria De Boeck and theatre
maker-musician Alexandra Aerts.
For its young audience, the company resolutely puts its material
in a social perspective. Compagnie Carlotta’s performances act
as poetical-philosophical reflections on contemporary social issues.
On a linguistic level, the company opts for a poetic rather
than a hyper realistic discourse.
Classical music has been the company’s basic material ever since
it was founded. On previous occasions, Cie Carlotta worked with
music by – among others – Grieg, Ravel, Pergolesi, Satie, Wagner
and J.S. Bach. The productions are developed on the basis
of the principle of ‘synoptic representation’ (i.e. sounds generate
images and vice versa).
Compagnie Carlotta interweaves narrative and music. The imagery
is deliberately kept as austere as possible, to move the spectator in
a subtle combination of image, colour, sound and word. Watching
and listening are active components of the process.
compagnie KaieT!
www.kaiet.be
The young artistic collective Compagnie KAiET! entered the
Flemish music theatre scene in 2003. KAiET!’s main mission is to
present art in such a way as to break down barriers without disrespecting
artistic quality standards. Compagnie KAiET! departs
from the idea that it possible to break down barriers by presenting
art not in isolation, but within a dynamic context. To achieve
this, KAiET! organizes presentations in living rooms and develops
projects on location to create direct bonds: bonds between the
audience and the performance, between the public and the performers,
and between the performers themselves.
For its theatrical form and subject matter, KAiET! opts for directness,
revealing the great themes in stories drawn from ordinary
people’s everyday lives.
The company’s artistic leader is Geert Hautekiet, writer, narrator,
artist, stage and costume designer, musician and singer, who is
also known from solo performances such as Dorst, De Sigaar, De
Held en Nonkel Goesting.
de Bovenkamer
De Bovenkamer is a new company that acts as a platform where
young musicians, dancers, theatre makers and visual artists are
given the opportunity to blend different art forms.
Orphelie in de Bovenkamer was De Bovenkamer’s first production,
an opera for children aged nine and over. During the crea-
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