music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
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who directed a <strong>music</strong>al version of his film <strong>in</strong> 1997. In Flanders,<br />
the production is to be directed by Cornelius Baltus, with <strong>music</strong><br />
by Jim Ste<strong>in</strong>man and texts written by Michael Kunze. Choreographer<br />
is Dennis Callahan.<br />
In 2010, Musical Van <strong>Vlaanderen</strong> plans the productions La Bohème,<br />
Notre-Dame de Paris and Spamelot.<br />
Muzi a Zeny<br />
http://muzizeny.wordpress.com<br />
Muzi a Zeny was established <strong>in</strong> 2007 to back a couple of <strong>music</strong> and<br />
<strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> projects. Its back<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly consists <strong>in</strong> giv<strong>in</strong>g artistic<br />
impulses and manag<strong>in</strong>g various adm<strong>in</strong>istrative tasks (accountancy,<br />
applications for subsidies etc.). There are presently three<br />
companies that work under Muzi a Zeny’s w<strong>in</strong>gs: two <strong>in</strong>strumental<br />
ensembles and the Fosfor Collectief <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> company.<br />
Fosfor Collectief harks back to contemporary <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong>’s<br />
orig<strong>in</strong>al concepts, as proposed by key figures such as Mauricio<br />
Kagel and Dieter Schnebel, later jo<strong>in</strong>ed by John Cage en the<br />
Fluxus Movement. Music <strong>theatre</strong> is considered as a cont<strong>in</strong>uous<br />
and iterative process. Iterative because <strong>music</strong>, word and image<br />
<strong>in</strong>teract <strong>in</strong> a process that constantly repeats itself. A process that<br />
has noth<strong>in</strong>g to do with <strong>music</strong> written on a text, or images based on<br />
<strong>music</strong>: the iterative process causes images, words and sounds to<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>e without any notion of hierarchy.<br />
Fosfor Collectief opts for a cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g evolution of projects rather than<br />
for a sequence of consecutive productions. This forces the artists to<br />
experiment and to walk untrodden paths, <strong>in</strong> the end obliterat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
boundaries between the <strong>music</strong>ian, writer, actor and stage designer.<br />
Fosfor’s first theatrical production is Kraaien (Crows, 2009), a<br />
sensory performance based on Israelian writer Meir Shalev’s The<br />
Four Meals (aka As a Few Days).<br />
Muziektheater Transparant<br />
www.transparant.be<br />
As a production company Muziektheater Transparant explores the<br />
artistic boundaries of opera and <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong>. Vocals are <strong>in</strong>variably<br />
the company’s projects’ ma<strong>in</strong> focus of attention. Old and new<br />
are programmed simultaneously and thus constantly confronted<br />
with each other. Transparant also nourishes local contemporary<br />
artists and offers them career opportunities.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce 1994 Transparant has been headed by artistic and general<br />
director Guy Coolen. He represents the company <strong>in</strong> various <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
organizations. Director Wouter Van Looy assists him for<br />
the company’s artistic policy. He is also responsible for its youth<br />
work. Transparant’s resident composers are Wim Henderickx, Jan<br />
Van Outryve and Eric Sleichim. As a <strong>theatre</strong> company, Transparant<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ly focuses on the work of its directors Wouter Van Looy,<br />
Carol<strong>in</strong>e Petrick and Ramsey Nasr. Still, young artists are <strong>in</strong>vited<br />
on a structural basis to explore <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> practice or to<br />
present their work <strong>in</strong> the best possible conditions. In that respect,<br />
two young composers, Joachim Brackx and Annelies Van Parys,<br />
were offered a three years residence <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
The Institute for Liv<strong>in</strong>g Voice project is a travell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitute where<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gers and vocalists from all over the world, <strong>in</strong> all possible styles<br />
and traditions, are brought together <strong>in</strong> workshops and concerts.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g an annual summer course young s<strong>in</strong>gers are offered the op-<br />
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