While we are here
Marseille Festival
Lisa Vereertbrugghen – CAMPO Ghent
A first in France
Five women create a space for joy and encounters in their relationships and physical interactions. Lisa Vereertbrugghen draws them into a powerful hardcore wave and immerses the audience in an immersive device. The frenzy becomes contagious, revealing the timeless desire to dance together…
It was in Amsterdam that the Flemish choreographer tried her hand at hardcore techno to “challenge herself to go faster”, shake up her habits and get out of her comfort zone. She quickly focused on details, “zooming in on what is most often neglected in this practice: the neck, the hands, the face, the elbows”… From the little finger to the legs, every movement counts. Then she decided to take the hardcore of the clubs to the stage in a variety of formats, between performance, sound and installation. And she devotes herself to poetic and learned exploration in collective shows that create communities. Aware of the need to dance together since the dawn of time, she interweaves hardcore rave and folk dances to give life in While we are here – her first group piece – to a hybrid techno-folk dance. It features motifs borrowed from folk dances, taken up in chorus by five extraordinary dancers. Powerful pounding of the feet on the floor, frenetic footwork, liberated body and mind, they celebrate the joy of surpassing oneself, the strength of the collective carried along in a rhythmic complexity whose every vibration is felt by the audience.
In co-production with Festival de Marseille
Credits
Creation 2023
Concept and choreography: Lisa VereertbrugghenPerformance and co-creation: Claire Godsmark, Dolores Hulan, Taka Shamoto, Eimi Leggett, Castélie Yalombo Lilonge, Lisa Vereertbrugghen
Dramaturgy: Simon Baetens, Sophie Guisset
Artistic consultant: Madison Bycroft
Sound: Michael Langeder
Lighting: Vera Martins
Costumes: Cee Fülleman
Song: Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Michaela Riener
Folk expert: Aurélie GietProduction : CAMPO
Technique: Babette Poncelet, Korneel Coessens
Coproduction: Concertgebouw, KAAP, Kunstenwerkplaats KWP, STUK Arts Centre, ICI – CCN Montpellier, Kunstencentrum BUDA, BIT teatergarasjen, Perpodium
With tax shelter support from the Belgian Federal Government via uFund, the Flemish Government & the Flemish Community Commission
Lisa Vereertbrugghen
Dancer and choreographer Lisa Vereertbrugghen has dedicated herself to studying the sounds and styles of hardcore techno dance since 2014, through various formats between performance, sound and installation.
Born in 1986, Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Cultural History with a specialization in Gender Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven and a diploma in Choreography from the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam.
She works regularly with long-standing collaborators such as Michael Langeder, Sophie Guisset, Vera Martins and Madison Bycroft. She also works as a dramaturge, performer and choreographer for various performing and visual artists between Brussels, Berlin and Amsterdam, and teaches at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.
In recent years, Lisa has created Softcore – a hardcore encounter (2019) and DISQUIET – a sensational technokine aesthetic (2021). While we are here is her latest creation.
Lisa Vereertbrugghen – CAMPO Ghent
A first in France
Five women create a space for joy and encounters in their relationships and physical interactions. Lisa Vereertbrugghen draws them into a powerful hardcore wave and immerses the audience in an immersive device. The frenzy becomes contagious, revealing the timeless desire to dance together…
It was in Amsterdam that the Flemish choreographer tried her hand at hardcore techno to “challenge herself to go faster”, shake up her habits and get out of her comfort zone. She quickly focused on details, “zooming in on what is most often neglected in this practice: the neck, the hands, the face, the elbows”… From the little finger to the legs, every movement counts. Then she decided to take the hardcore of the clubs to the stage in a variety of formats, between performance, sound and installation. And she devotes herself to poetic and learned exploration in collective shows that create communities. Aware of the need to dance together since the dawn of time, she interweaves hardcore rave and folk dances to give life in While we are here – her first group piece – to a hybrid techno-folk dance. It features motifs borrowed from folk dances, taken up in chorus by five extraordinary dancers. Powerful pounding of the feet on the floor, frenetic footwork, liberated body and mind, they celebrate the joy of surpassing oneself, the strength of the collective carried along in a rhythmic complexity whose every vibration is felt by the audience.
In co-production with Festival de Marseille
Credits
Creation 2023
Concept and choreography: Lisa VereertbrugghenPerformance and co-creation: Claire Godsmark, Dolores Hulan, Taka Shamoto, Eimi Leggett, Castélie Yalombo Lilonge, Lisa Vereertbrugghen
Dramaturgy: Simon Baetens, Sophie Guisset
Artistic consultant: Madison Bycroft
Sound: Michael Langeder
Lighting: Vera Martins
Costumes: Cee Fülleman
Song: Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Michaela Riener
Folk expert: Aurélie GietProduction : CAMPO
Technique: Babette Poncelet, Korneel Coessens
Coproduction: Concertgebouw, KAAP, Kunstenwerkplaats KWP, STUK Arts Centre, ICI – CCN Montpellier, Kunstencentrum BUDA, BIT teatergarasjen, Perpodium
With tax shelter support from the Belgian Federal Government via uFund, the Flemish Government & the Flemish Community Commission
Lisa Vereertbrugghen
Dancer and choreographer Lisa Vereertbrugghen has dedicated herself to studying the sounds and styles of hardcore techno dance since 2014, through various formats between performance, sound and installation.
Born in 1986, Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Cultural History with a specialization in Gender Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven and a diploma in Choreography from the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam.
She works regularly with long-standing collaborators such as Michael Langeder, Sophie Guisset, Vera Martins and Madison Bycroft. She also works as a dramaturge, performer and choreographer for various performing and visual artists between Brussels, Berlin and Amsterdam, and teaches at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.
In recent years, Lisa has created Softcore – a hardcore encounter (2019) and DISQUIET – a sensational technokine aesthetic (2021). While we are here is her latest creation.