INVITED
INVITED draws material from intensive research into (stage) space and co-authorship in contemporary dance. In his new production, Seppe Baeyens formulates his artistic response to the question of how the audience can help write the choreography of a performance. Taking dance as a common language, in the space of one hour he wants to look for an alternative way of living together and thereby establish a community embracing the cast and the audience.
INVITED consists of a varied intergenerational group of performers who reflect society. The audience plays an important part, as well as the stage design. It connects and divides, becomes visible and invisible, and leads audiences and performers through a collectively written choreography. For a moment, we see a glimpse of a community without prejudice, where everyone can be themselves in a liberating experience.
The lights go out. A man starts singing. A child joins in. The sixty-year-old sitting next to you then also joins the round. You can immediately sense that in INVITED the boundary between inside and outside, viewer and performer, active participation and passive watching will become blurred. Theatre, as an art of the here and now, is proud of its capacity to create communities, but this is more often a myth than a reality. Not in Baeyens’ case however. His social intelligence and eye for composition and structure make INVITED a compelling, disarming experience.
**** De Standaard, Charlotte de Somviele
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DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY
Seppe Baeyens
CREATED WITH AND PERFORMED BY
Emile Van Puymbroeck, Luke De Bolle, Chisom Onyebueke Chinaedu, Leonie Van Begin, Rosa Boateng, Oihana Azpillaga, Ischa Beernaert, Esther Motuanya, Roel Faes, Trui De Mulder, Adnane Lamarti, Seppe Baeyens, Frank Brichau, Stephan Verlinden, Elisabeth Wolfs, Leon Gyselynck, Jago Pauwels, Aiko-Astou Niang, Anthony Quintrand, Annette Baussart & Christine Dickert
ORIGINAL MUSIC LIVE
Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck, Karen Willems and Elias Devoldere
DRAMATURGY
Kristin Rogghe
SCENOGRAPHY & LIGHT DESIGN
Ief Spincemaille
COSTUMES
Lieve Meeussen
MOVEMENT ASSISTANT
German Jauregui
ARTISTIC ADVICE
Wim Vandekeybus
TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Tom De With
PRODUCTION
Seppe Baeyens / Ultima Vez
COPRODUCTION
Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (Brussels)
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM
Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka Pictures Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius. The scenography is inspired by ‘ROPE - Possibilities of Binding’ commissioned by N.O.W [New Open Working Process for the Performing Arts] with the support of extrapole, Fabbrica Europa, Indisciplinarte, Latitudes Contemporaines, Lókal, Mom/El Vivero, Trafó, wpZimmer. N.O.W is co-funded by the Creative European Program of the European Union.