music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen

UHe, MUZIeKTHeaTer TransParanT, 2006-2007 - PHoTo HerMan sorgeloos
portunity to develop an opera production in professional conditions.
Transparant works with various partners on a regular basis.
Among them are deSingel (Antwerp),the Monnaie (Brussels), the
Flemish Opera (Antwerp – Ghent) and HETPALEIS (Antwerp). For
performances abroad, Transparant works with international festivals
and institutions.
Muziektheater van Zilverpapier
www.vanzilverpapier.be
At the basis of Muziektheater van Zilverpapier’s music theatre are
unexpected encounters between artistic genres and people of very
different origins. Its productions basically involve confrontations
between old and new, North and South, professional and nonprofessional,
classical and contemporary, in an ongoing search of
new forms of trans-cultural and multi-disciplinary music theatre.
Driving force Brigitte Mys chose the company’s name referring to
the bygone western custom to collect silver foil and little mirrors
‘to help the underdeveloped countries’...
The performances all deal with the search for human creativity
and expression in ‘short of material’ situations. The choice of the
subject matter is invariably connected to street life in whichever
part of the world. Muziektheater van Zilverpapier’s music theatre
performances are socially and politically committed and are intended
to raise awareness.
The presentation form varies with the subject matter. Some
projects are presented in traditional theatre environments, but
others are developed for open air and street presentations.
Pantalone
www.pantalone.be
As a music theatre organization and producer of work in various
art disciplines, Pantalone operates in an ongoing pursuit of
a poetic synergy between music, word and image. The company
brings together artists from different disciplines for creations in
all shapes and sizes – from a musical picture book to a multimedia
children’s opera or a visual concert. Pantalone tries to respond
to the actual living environment and interests of children:
a book, an object, a song. Sonorous texts sing, colourful images
dance and the music tells stories. The equal treatment of music,
word and image delivers performances with a strong poetic un-
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