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13 (‘Track 13’) was actually established by the key figures of De
Wentelteefjes, a compact and musical theatre company firmly
rooted in cabaret traditions.
Spoor13 works with text based on improvisation or brainstorm
sessions. The music, too, is always original. The company’s working
method is characterized by a long and intense process of rehearsals
in which all players and musicians develop a profoundly
committed collaboration. The interaction that results from the
diversity of backgrounds of the makers – they were trained in visual
arts rather than in theatre and drama – intensifies the visual
character and imaginative power of the productions.
Spoor 13’s most recent productions were Voor den Eeuwigheid
(For Eternity, 2006) and De Ademtocht van Gilberte en Henriette
(The Breath of Gilberte and Henriette, 2008). For forthcoming music
theatre performance, BinnenSpoor (2010), Spoor 13 explores
the traditions of installation art and performance. Other projects
include the installation Still – a combination of film, camera obscura
and live music, and the book-in-progress Het huis huilt,
(The House is Weeping) that is intended as the basis of an interactive
music theatre performance.
Theater Taptoe
www.theatertaptoe.be
Theater Taptoe is specialized in a mix of actor and figure theatre
(puppets, silhouettes, objects...). The company’s home base
is Ghent, but travels all across Europe and beyond to perform at
international figure theatre festivals. Even though most productions
are meant for young audiences, Taptoe enjoys performing
for grownups just as much.
Theater Taptoe produces figure theatre in all possible meanings
of the term and challenges it in confrontations with other disciplines,
such as music theatre. Young talent is gladly offered opportunities.
Furthermore, Taptoe fervently advocates figure theatre
as a full artistic discipline.
Originator of and driving force behind Taptoe is Luk De Bruyker.
In 1973, he was joined by Freek Neyrinck, who became the company’s
writer and later also artistic leader. Neyrinck inspired Taptoe
to abandon the well-trodden paths of puppet theatre and to
develop a mix of actor and figure theatre. In 2004 Freek Neyrinck
bade Taptoe farewell. Luk De Bruyker, who is still in charge of
business affairs, is still Taptoe’s foremost performer.
Time circus
www.timecircus.org
Time Circus is a multi-disciplinary collective set up by Charlotte
Heller, Bram Rombouts, Sara Dandois, Bram Soli and Sebastiaan
Boumans. For over ten years, Time Circus has been experimenting
new ways to surprise its audiences both musically and theatrically.
To achieve this, they design all sorts of mobiles and installations.
During the past couple of years, Time Circus attracted
international attention with circus-like location projects in which
the public is actively involved.
Time Circus’s most recent production is S.W.A.N. & T.C., a mobile
electro rock concert on solar energy that is made to fit any location
or situation. There is no ‘acting’ during the performance: the
actors are ‘turbo roadies – technicians’ who are one with their
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