music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
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dertone and particular visual appeal.<br />
Pantalone’s source of <strong>in</strong>spiration and guidance is 1974 Nobel<br />
Prize w<strong>in</strong>ner for medic<strong>in</strong>e and physiology prof. Christian de Duve,<br />
who po<strong>in</strong>ted out that ‘the wir<strong>in</strong>g of the bra<strong>in</strong> is done by education.<br />
One should give babies, as of birth, touch, taste, <strong>music</strong>, colour<br />
and speech to develop and stimulate their neurological l<strong>in</strong>ks.’<br />
That is why Pantalone produces <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> for children of all<br />
ages, as well as their tutors.<br />
roodvonk<br />
www.roodvonk.be<br />
Roodvonk is Marijke Umans’s <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> company. In her performances,<br />
<strong>music</strong> and word go hand <strong>in</strong> hand. Umans acts, s<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />
writes and is a narrator for children and youngsters. Roodvonk<br />
works with exist<strong>in</strong>g texts as well as with newly created material.<br />
In her poetry performance 1 Jaar vol geluk (One year full of Happ<strong>in</strong>ess,<br />
2008), for <strong>in</strong>stance, Umans knits together excerpts from<br />
poems by Ted van Lieshout, Hans Andreus, Willem Wilm<strong>in</strong>k and<br />
Ed Franck. Kom weg (Come Away, 2008) is <strong>music</strong> as well as object<br />
<strong>theatre</strong>: the <strong>theatre</strong> maker tells the self-written story us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
objects on stage.<br />
Roodvonk comb<strong>in</strong>es well-known pieces of <strong>music</strong>, such as popular<br />
songs, with own material. The performance usually starts with<br />
the <strong>music</strong>, which is often performed live on stage by Umans, accompanied<br />
by other <strong>music</strong>ians.<br />
KoM Weg, roodvonK, 2007-2008 - PHoTo naTHalIe WIjnanTs<br />
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