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Voetvolk (Dutch for ‘infantry’) is a Belgian contemporary dance and performance company, founded in 2007 by dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician/composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Together they’ve created more than 10 productions, for example: It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend (2012), AH/HA (2014), Lisbeth Gruwez dances Bob Dylan (2015), We’re pretty fuckin’ far from okay (2016), The Sea Within (2018), Piano Works Debussy (2020), Into the Open (2022) and Nomadics (2023). Voetvolk is currently creating WASCO!, their very first performance created with children, for a public of all ages.

Their work is an ongoing conversation between corporal and auditive movement: Gruwez and Van Cauwenberghe guide each other to achieve an organic symbiosis within a fixed frame. This brings an element to the performance that identifies every production: the connection between the aural and visual physicality remains constantly (a)live. Over the last few years Voetvolk’s dedication to searching for new ways to engage with (new) audiences has deepend. Through Lisbeth Gruwez dances Bob Dylan, and Into the Open, Voetvolk brought music lovers into contact with contemporary dance. Nomadics invites the public to experience long hikes alongside the artistic team and dance crew before the performance, to connect with the audience in another way. Their performances have been presented far and wide, for example, Festival d’Avignon, Festival de Marseille, Julidans, Tanz im August, Dance Umbrella, the Venice Biennale, and het TheaterFestival, among many more.

Voetvolk recently renovated an old farmhouse in the French Ardennes to become the Voetvolk Atelier Rubigny (VAR) where they host artists and artistic activities like workshops and residencies. In 2024, Voetvolk will organise the very first edition of RUBIROCK, a festival at VAR.

Voetvolk is affiliated to the KVS (Royal Flemish Theatre), and NONA.

Voetvolk is supported by kc NONA, the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission and the Belgian Tax Shelter.

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