VOID

In this new creation, Vandekeybus embraces the void – even more so – he seeks it out. He starts anew, goes back to square one, taking the simple emptiness as a starting point to arrive at a new form of awareness. He not only seeks to feel existence, life, in a different way, but also aims to add a new way of valuing the performance. By looking differently, within complete simplicity.

"Enlarging by emptying" sounds contradictory but works in a simple way: an empty room seems bigger than a full one. True essence demands throwing off all ballast. An emptiness filled with elusive dignity. Bodies attracting each other like minerals and magnets. Movement as expression of the deepest inner state... An emptiness that offers countless possibilities to be filled...

"𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴." - 𝘞𝘪𝘮 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘴

Another way of

set design: less is more.

dance: the elusiveness of bodies.

sound: silence as loud as music.

observation: nothing is what it seems.

creation: looking for what cannot be seen.

construction: chaos is an ordered multitude.

morality: opposites are part of an identical matter.

sociality: alone is so many.

existence: the infinite is incomprehensibly fascinating.

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