SOME YEARS OF VOETVOLK

AB, BOZAR & KVS

February/March 2022

2022 marks the fifteenth anniversary of Voetvolk, the dance company conceived by Lisbeth Gruwez and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Of course, that’s cause for celebration: not with a ‘best of’, but with a celebration of the present and the future. Voetvolk presents the premiere of a concert performance, an exhibition and three dance performances, in collaboration with three Brussels cultural institutions: Ancienne Belgique, Bozar and KVS. A unique partnership to honour a very special birthday.

In order to make the 2022 anniversary a real party, Voetvolk is calling on various partners. After a fifteen-year trip, the company thinks it’s no more than appropriate to invite the audience to join the birthday celebrations, and above all: to dance together.

The party kicks off at Bozar with Penelope, a video installation around a dance solo by Lisbeth Gruwez, for which Voetvolk joined forces with photographer and artist Dirk Braeckman. Piano Works Debussy, a collaboration between Gruwez and lauded pianist Claire Chevallier, will also be performed at Bozar. Due to current COVID-19 regulations around audience capacity, we are still hard at work to find a suitable date for this performance that will allow as many visitors as possible to enjoy the creation. An announcement will follow on bozar.be as soon as possible. At AB, they get the party going with Into the Open, a concert performance where seven performers embody the groove and the music (think krautrock 2021 edition, or The Chemical Brothers’ high voltage). And of course KVS, (dance) partner since the very beginning, is also enjoying a slice of the cake: Voetvolk will be performing their celebrated Lisbeth Gruwez Dances Bob Dylan and Everybody Dances Bob Dylan. The latter performance will be extra special, because Voetvolk is inviting viewers to perform their own very best version of a Dylan choreography.

Full programme:

• Date TBA: Piano Works Debussy at BOZAR – tickets
• 3 February: start expo Penelope (Dirk Braeckman / Voetvolk) at BOZAR
• 24 February: Into the Open (world premiere) at AB – tickets
• 18 March: Lisbeth Gruwez dances Bob Dylan at KVS – tickets
• 19 March: Everybody dances Bob Dylan at KVS – info & tickets
• 20 March: end expo Penelope (Dirk Braeckman / Voetvolk) at BOZAR

With the support of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission (VGC).

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