music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen

who directed a musical version of his film in 1997. In Flanders,
the production is to be directed by Cornelius Baltus, with music
by Jim Steinman and texts written by Michael Kunze. Choreographer
is Dennis Callahan.
In 2010, Musical Van Vlaanderen plans the productions La Bohème,
Notre-Dame de Paris and Spamelot.
Muzi a Zeny
http://muzizeny.wordpress.com
Muzi a Zeny was established in 2007 to back a couple of music and
music theatre projects. Its backing mainly consists in giving artistic
impulses and managing various administrative tasks (accountancy,
applications for subsidies etc.). There are presently three
companies that work under Muzi a Zeny’s wings: two instrumental
ensembles and the Fosfor Collectief music theatre company.
Fosfor Collectief harks back to contemporary music theatre’s
original concepts, as proposed by key figures such as Mauricio
Kagel and Dieter Schnebel, later joined by John Cage en the
Fluxus Movement. Music theatre is considered as a continuous
and iterative process. Iterative because music, word and image
interact in a process that constantly repeats itself. A process that
has nothing to do with music written on a text, or images based on
music: the iterative process causes images, words and sounds to
combine without any notion of hierarchy.
Fosfor Collectief opts for a continuing evolution of projects rather than
for a sequence of consecutive productions. This forces the artists to
experiment and to walk untrodden paths, in the end obliterating the
boundaries between the musician, writer, actor and stage designer.
Fosfor’s first theatrical production is Kraaien (Crows, 2009), a
sensory performance based on Israelian writer Meir Shalev’s The
Four Meals (aka As a Few Days).
Muziektheater Transparant
www.transparant.be
As a production company Muziektheater Transparant explores the
artistic boundaries of opera and music theatre. Vocals are invariably
the company’s projects’ main focus of attention. Old and new
are programmed simultaneously and thus constantly confronted
with each other. Transparant also nourishes local contemporary
artists and offers them career opportunities.
Since 1994 Transparant has been headed by artistic and general
director Guy Coolen. He represents the company in various international
organizations. Director Wouter Van Looy assists him for
the company’s artistic policy. He is also responsible for its youth
work. Transparant’s resident composers are Wim Henderickx, Jan
Van Outryve and Eric Sleichim. As a theatre company, Transparant
mainly focuses on the work of its directors Wouter Van Looy,
Caroline Petrick and Ramsey Nasr. Still, young artists are invited
on a structural basis to explore music theatre practice or to
present their work in the best possible conditions. In that respect,
two young composers, Joachim Brackx and Annelies Van Parys,
were offered a three years residence in 2007.
The Institute for Living Voice project is a travelling institute where
singers and vocalists from all over the world, in all possible styles
and traditions, are brought together in workshops and concerts.
During an annual summer course young singers are offered the op-
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