In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

CREDITS REVIVAL 2016

DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY, SCENOGRAPHY
Wim Vandekeybus

ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUNDSCAPE
David Byrne

"FUZZY FREAKY" REMIX
DJ Food

PERFORMED BY
Rob Hayden, Eddie Oroyan, Yassin Mrabtifi, Guilhem Chatir, Grégoire Malandain, Luke Jessop, Luke Murphy, Flavio D'Andrea, Knut Vikström Precht, Cheng-An Wu, Baldo Ruiz, Wim Vandekeybus, Giovanni Scarcella, Nuhacet Guerra Segura, Alexandros Anastasiadis

CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTANTS
Iñaki Azpillaga, German Jauregui

ARTISTIC ASSISTANT
Greet Van Poeck

STYLIST
Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Isabelle De Cannière

TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Davy Deschepper

LIGHT
Francis Gahide, Davy Deschepper

SOUND
Bram Moriau

STAGE MANAGER
Tom de With

PRODUCTION
Ultima Vez

COPRODUCTION
KVS (Brussels, BE)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE 1999

CREATED WITH & PERFORMED BY
Nordine Benchorf, Saïd Gharbi, Benoît Gob, German Jauregui Allue, Juha-Pekka Marsalo, Igor Paszkiewicz, Ali Salmi, Giovanni Scarcella, Piotr Torzawa Giro, Gavin Webber, Wim Vandekeybus, Christophe Olry

ALSO PERFORMED BY
Max Cuccaro, Jordi Galí Melendez

ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR
Georg Weinand

MOVEMENT ASSISTANT
Iñaki Azpillaga

COSTUMES
Lies Van Assche & Isabelle Lhoas

COSTUME ASSISTANT
Els Mommaerts

LIGHT CREATION
Richard Joukovsky & Wim Vandekeybus

LIGHT ENGINEER
Francis Gahide

STAGE MANAGER
Christophe Olry

SOUND ENGINEER
Benjamin Dandoy

COPRODUCTION
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Festival d'estiú Barcelona Grec '99, Luzerntanz, KVS

FILM THE LAST WORDS

DIRECTION
Wim Vandekeybus

SCRIPT
Wim Vandekeybus & Jan De Coster

BASED ON THE SHORT STORIES BY
Julio Cortázar 'Cuento sin Moraleja' & 'Acefalia'

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Otten

EDITING
Rudi Maerten

SOUND DESIGN
Charo Calvo

MUSIC DURING CREDITS
David Byrne

CAST
John Campbell, Alessandra Fabbri, Max Cuccaro, Mary Herbert, Nordine Benchorf, Stefano Questorio, Ali Salmi, Benoît Gob, Igor Paszkiewiez, Germán Jauregui Allue, Juha-Pekka Marsalo, Saïd Gharbi, Giovanni Scarcella, Piotr Torzawa Giro, Gavin Webber, Charo Calvo, Angelo Dello Spedale, Toni d’Antonio, Lilia Vieira Nestre, Antonio Grossi, Max Pairon, Mathilde Pairon, Judith Vindevogel, Sandrine La Roche, François Brice, Frédéric Gibilaro, Nicola Schössler, Dominique Van Steerthegem, Carméla Locantore, Vincent Scarito, Jan De Coster, Christophe Orly, Lorenza Di Calogero, Ana Stegnar, Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre, Ezra Eeman, Ophelia Van Campenhout, Wim Vandekeybus

COSTUME DESIGNER
Lies Van Assche

DÉCOR
Christophe Olry

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Anja Daelemans

PRODUCER
Eric Kint

PRODUCTION
Itinera Films

COPRODUCTION
Ultima Vez

FUNDED BY
the Flemish Film Fund

© Bruno Vandermeulen

In 1999, In Spite of Wishing and Wanting caused a huge stir. For the first time, Wim Vandekeybus created a performance not about the chemistry between men and women, but a primal desire in a world of men alone – fierce, wild, naive and playful. Spellbinding footage and dance sequences, supported by David Byrne’s sensual soundtrack, flow into monologues about fear, a desire for security and the magic of sleep. In 2016 a completely new cast takes on the challenge of this world hit.

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The fear of being possessed by something or someone also has its reverse side: the longing to change into something or someone else. Fear and desire circle around the same core. This desire to transform is the central theme of ‘In Spite of Wishing and Wanting’.

Two short stories, one by Julio Cortazar and one by Paul Bowles, have been haunting Wim Vandekeybus for a while now. In both short stories the focus is on the movement between the familiar and the foreign, a movement that can never be resolved. These two short stories inspired Wim Vandekeybus while shooting the short film that is part of the performance.

CREDITS REVIVAL 2016

DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY, SCENOGRAPHY
Wim Vandekeybus

ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUNDSCAPE
David Byrne

"FUZZY FREAKY" REMIX
DJ Food

PERFORMED BY
Rob Hayden, Eddie Oroyan, Yassin Mrabtifi, Guilhem Chatir, Grégoire Malandain, Luke Jessop, Luke Murphy, Flavio D'Andrea, Knut Vikström Precht, Cheng-An Wu, Baldo Ruiz, Wim Vandekeybus, Giovanni Scarcella, Nuhacet Guerra Segura, Alexandros Anastasiadis

CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTANTS
Iñaki Azpillaga, German Jauregui

ARTISTIC ASSISTANT
Greet Van Poeck

STYLIST
Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Isabelle De Cannière

TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Davy Deschepper

LIGHT
Francis Gahide, Davy Deschepper

SOUND
Bram Moriau

STAGE MANAGER
Tom de With

PRODUCTION
Ultima Vez

COPRODUCTION
KVS (Brussels, BE)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE 1999

CREATED WITH & PERFORMED BY
Nordine Benchorf, Saïd Gharbi, Benoît Gob, German Jauregui Allue, Juha-Pekka Marsalo, Igor Paszkiewicz, Ali Salmi, Giovanni Scarcella, Piotr Torzawa Giro, Gavin Webber, Wim Vandekeybus, Christophe Olry

ALSO PERFORMED BY
Max Cuccaro, Jordi Galí Melendez

ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR
Georg Weinand

MOVEMENT ASSISTANT
Iñaki Azpillaga

COSTUMES
Lies Van Assche & Isabelle Lhoas

COSTUME ASSISTANT
Els Mommaerts

LIGHT CREATION
Richard Joukovsky & Wim Vandekeybus

LIGHT ENGINEER
Francis Gahide

STAGE MANAGER
Christophe Olry

SOUND ENGINEER
Benjamin Dandoy

COPRODUCTION
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Festival d'estiú Barcelona Grec '99, Luzerntanz, KVS

FILM THE LAST WORDS

DIRECTION
Wim Vandekeybus

SCRIPT
Wim Vandekeybus & Jan De Coster

BASED ON THE SHORT STORIES BY
Julio Cortázar 'Cuento sin Moraleja' & 'Acefalia'

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Patrick Otten

EDITING
Rudi Maerten

SOUND DESIGN
Charo Calvo

MUSIC DURING CREDITS
David Byrne

CAST
John Campbell, Alessandra Fabbri, Max Cuccaro, Mary Herbert, Nordine Benchorf, Stefano Questorio, Ali Salmi, Benoît Gob, Igor Paszkiewiez, Germán Jauregui Allue, Juha-Pekka Marsalo, Saïd Gharbi, Giovanni Scarcella, Piotr Torzawa Giro, Gavin Webber, Charo Calvo, Angelo Dello Spedale, Toni d’Antonio, Lilia Vieira Nestre, Antonio Grossi, Max Pairon, Mathilde Pairon, Judith Vindevogel, Sandrine La Roche, François Brice, Frédéric Gibilaro, Nicola Schössler, Dominique Van Steerthegem, Carméla Locantore, Vincent Scarito, Jan De Coster, Christophe Orly, Lorenza Di Calogero, Ana Stegnar, Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre, Ezra Eeman, Ophelia Van Campenhout, Wim Vandekeybus

COSTUME DESIGNER
Lies Van Assche

DÉCOR
Christophe Olry

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Anja Daelemans

PRODUCER
Eric Kint

PRODUCTION
Itinera Films

COPRODUCTION
Ultima Vez

FUNDED BY
the Flemish Film Fund

Agenda

26.01.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
27.01.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
29.01.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
30.01.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
02.02.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
03.02.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
04.02.06
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
05.02.16
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
09.03.16
Granada
Spain
11.03.16
Sevilla
Spain
12.03.16
Sevilla
Spain
31.03.16
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
16.07.16
Vienna
Austria
18.07.16
Vienna
Austria
27.07.16
Munich
Germany
28.07.16
Munich
Germany
09.08.16
Lima
Peru
10.08.16
Lima
Peru
16.09.16
Oslo
Norway
17.09.16
Oslo
Norway
18.09.16
Oslo
Norway
23.09.16
CC Kortrijk
Belgium
29.09.16
Villeneuve-d'Ascq
France
30.09.16
Villeneuve-d'Ascq
France
07.10.16
Thessaloniki
Greece
11.10.16
Rome
Italy
12.10.16
Rome
Italy
16.11.16
Zwolle
The Netherlands
24.11.16
Archa
Prague, Czech Republic
25.11.16
Archa
Prague, Czech Republic
26.11.16
Archa
Prague, Czech Republic
27.11.16
Archa
Prague, Czech Republic
09.12.16
Genova
Italy
10.12.16
Genova
Italy
13.12.16
Amiens
France
05.02.17
Ieper
Belgium
16.02.17
Leuven
Belgium
17.02.17
Leuven
Belgium
26.02.17
Bielefeld
Germany
21.03.17
Clermont-Ferrand
France
22.03.17
Clermont-Ferrand
France
30.03.17
Linz
Austria
10.05.17
Haarlem
The Netherlands
11.05.17
Haarlem
The Netherlands
28.06.17
Paris
France
29.06.17
Paris
France
30.06.17
Paris
France
01.07.17
Paris
France
02.07.17
Paris
France
14.07.17
Valetta
Malta
27.09.17
eXplore dance festival
Bucharest, Romania
06.10.17
FIBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
07.10.17
FIBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
13.10.17
Eurothalia
Timisoara, Romania
19.10.17
Schauspiel Koeln
Koeln, Germany
20.10.17
Schauspiel Koeln
Koeln, Germany
24.10.17
CC Diest
Belgium
27.10.17
Cultuurcentrum Westrand
Dilbeek, Belgium
12.11.17
Tanztage Regensburg
Germany
14.11.17
CCHA
Hasselt, Belgium
17.11.17
Chateau Rouge Annemasse
France
23.11.17
Trafo
Budapest, Hungary
24.11.17
Trafo
Budapest, Hungary
28.11.17
Les Salins Martigues
France
30.11.17
Espaces Pluriels . Pau
France
08.12.17
Ter Dilft
Bornem, Belgium
12.12.17
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
13.12.17
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
14.12.17
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
15.12.17
KVS
Brussels, Belgium
21.12.17
De Factorij
Zaventem, Belgium
12.01.18
Londe
Vélizy, France
17.01.18
MC2, Grenoble
France
18.01.18
MC2, Grenoble
France
03.03.18
Quickcenter
Connecticut, USA
11.05.18
Anthéa Antibes
France
12.05.18
Anthéa Antibes
France
17.05.18
Le Manège Maubeuge
France
20.05.18
Teatro Bellini
Naples, Italy
24.05.18
La Passerelle . Saint-Brieuc
France