music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
music theatre in flanders - Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
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13 (‘Track 13’) was actually established by the key figures of De<br />
Wentelteefjes, a compact and <strong>music</strong>al <strong>theatre</strong> company firmly<br />
rooted <strong>in</strong> cabaret traditions.<br />
Spoor13 works with text based on improvisation or bra<strong>in</strong>storm<br />
sessions. The <strong>music</strong>, too, is always orig<strong>in</strong>al. The company’s work<strong>in</strong>g<br />
method is characterized by a long and <strong>in</strong>tense process of rehearsals<br />
<strong>in</strong> which all players and <strong>music</strong>ians develop a profoundly<br />
committed collaboration. The <strong>in</strong>teraction that results from the<br />
diversity of backgrounds of the makers – they were tra<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> visual<br />
arts rather than <strong>in</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> and drama – <strong>in</strong>tensifies the visual<br />
character and imag<strong>in</strong>ative power of the productions.<br />
Spoor 13’s most recent productions were Voor den Eeuwigheid<br />
(For Eternity, 2006) and De Ademtocht van Gilberte en Henriette<br />
(The Breath of Gilberte and Henriette, 2008). For forthcom<strong>in</strong>g <strong>music</strong><br />
<strong>theatre</strong> performance, B<strong>in</strong>nenSpoor (2010), Spoor 13 explores<br />
the traditions of <strong>in</strong>stallation art and performance. Other projects<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude the <strong>in</strong>stallation Still – a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of film, camera obscura<br />
and live <strong>music</strong>, and the book-<strong>in</strong>-progress Het huis huilt,<br />
(The House is Weep<strong>in</strong>g) that is <strong>in</strong>tended as the basis of an <strong>in</strong>teractive<br />
<strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong> performance.<br />
Theater Taptoe<br />
www.theatertaptoe.be<br />
Theater Taptoe is specialized <strong>in</strong> a mix of actor and figure <strong>theatre</strong><br />
(puppets, silhouettes, objects...). The company’s home base<br />
is Ghent, but travels all across Europe and beyond to perform at<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational figure <strong>theatre</strong> festivals. Even though most productions<br />
are meant for young audiences, Taptoe enjoys perform<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for grownups just as much.<br />
Theater Taptoe produces figure <strong>theatre</strong> <strong>in</strong> all possible mean<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
of the term and challenges it <strong>in</strong> confrontations with other discipl<strong>in</strong>es,<br />
such as <strong>music</strong> <strong>theatre</strong>. Young talent is gladly offered opportunities.<br />
Furthermore, Taptoe fervently advocates figure <strong>theatre</strong><br />
as a full artistic discipl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
Orig<strong>in</strong>ator of and driv<strong>in</strong>g force beh<strong>in</strong>d Taptoe is Luk De Bruyker.<br />
In 1973, he was jo<strong>in</strong>ed by Freek Neyr<strong>in</strong>ck, who became the company’s<br />
writer and later also artistic leader. Neyr<strong>in</strong>ck <strong>in</strong>spired Taptoe<br />
to abandon the well-trodden paths of puppet <strong>theatre</strong> and to<br />
develop a mix of actor and figure <strong>theatre</strong>. In 2004 Freek Neyr<strong>in</strong>ck<br />
bade Taptoe farewell. Luk De Bruyker, who is still <strong>in</strong> charge of<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess affairs, is still Taptoe’s foremost performer.<br />
Time circus<br />
www.timecircus.org<br />
Time Circus is a multi-discipl<strong>in</strong>ary collective set up by Charlotte<br />
Heller, Bram Rombouts, Sara Dandois, Bram Soli and Sebastiaan<br />
Boumans. For over ten years, Time Circus has been experiment<strong>in</strong>g<br />
new ways to surprise its audiences both <strong>music</strong>ally and theatrically.<br />
To achieve this, they design all sorts of mobiles and <strong>in</strong>stallations.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the past couple of years, Time Circus attracted<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational attention with circus-like location projects <strong>in</strong> which<br />
the public is actively <strong>in</strong>volved.<br />
Time Circus’s most recent production is S.W.A.N. & T.C., a mobile<br />
electro rock concert on solar energy that is made to fit any location<br />
or situation. There is no ‘act<strong>in</strong>g’ dur<strong>in</strong>g the performance: the<br />
actors are ‘turbo roadies – technicians’ who are one with their<br />
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