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Whether mirroring or merging to form a new hybrid being, Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin humorously and tenderly explore all the possibilities that flow from the meeting of their bodies and differences.
Bare-chested and sporting identical slinky yellow shorts, Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin embark on a most singular pas de deux. Mirroring each other or merging into a hybrid being, they exude infectious joy as they explore the possibilities that flow from the meeting of their bodies and differences. To stirringly percussive music by electro composer Andrea Belfi, they borrow from dance, circus and martial-arts techniques as well as from the animal world to craft a unique vocabulary, in a search geared more to harmony and humour than to virtuosity. Through the Grapevine is intended as the sequel to Aneckxander, the Belgian artist’s first acclaimed solo, which laid the foundations for a long-term probe into the choreographic potential of each person’s physical limits. This new duet also reveals a political purpose: celebrating cooperation rather than conflict.
Duration
00:55
In Rhone-Alpes region
Villefontaine
Credits
- Artiste
Piece for 2 performers – 2020
Dance company not standing Art direction Alexander Vantournhout Performers Axel Guérin & Alexander Vantournhout Music Andrea Belfi Concept stage design Bjorn Verlinde Playwriting Rudi Laermans Artistic collaboration & outside look Emmi Väisänen, Anneleen Keppens, Maria Ferreira Silva Thanks to Sébastien Hendrickx, Vera Tussing, Esse Vanderbruggen Costume design Anne-Catherine Kunz Light design Caroline Mathie Lighting proposal Harry Cole Technical team on tour Rinus Samyn & Bram Vandeghinste Diffusion Frans Brood Productions Management Esther Maas Production & touring Barbara Falter, Aïda Gabriëls & Kiki Verschueren Photography Bart Grietens Administrator Esther Maas
Production not standing Coproduction Centre des Arts Viernulvier, Gand, PERPLX, Marke, Centquatre, Paris, Cirque-théâtre Elbeuf, les SUBS, Lyon, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard, Les Hivernales CDCN, Avignon, Malpertuis, Tielt, Theater Freiburg, Théâtres des Quatre Saisons, Gradignan, Théâtre de l’Arsenal, Val-de-Reuil Residencies Les Ballets C de la B, Gand, Centre d’art VIERNULVIER, Gand, STUK, Louvain, Les SUBS, Lyon, Wood Cube, Roulers, Workspacebrussels, Brussels With support from the Flemish authorities and the Fondation BNP Paribas.
Alexander Vantournhout is an artist in residency at the Centre d'art Viernulvier in Gand and at PERPLX in Marke, associated artist of the Centquatre Paris. He is a cultural ambassador for the Ville de Roulers.