What the Body Does Not Remember

REVIVAL 2013/2015

DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY & SCENOGRAPHY
Wim Vandekeybus

PERFORMED BY
Jorge Jauregui Allue, Aymara Parola, Eddie Oroyan, Pavel Mašek, Revé Terborg, German Jauregui Allue, Guilhem Chatir, Claire Lamothe, Léa Dubois

ALSO PERFORMED BY
Damien Chapelle, Ricardo Ambrozio, TanjaMarín Friðjónsdóttir, Zebastián Méndez Marín, Maria Kolegova, Livia Balazova, Rob Hayden, Nicolas Grimaldi Capitello

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Thierry De Mey & Peter Vermeersch

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
Eduardo Torroja

STYLING
Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Frédérick Denis, Isabelle De Cannière

TECHNICAL COORDINATION
Davy Deschepper

LIGHTING DESIGN
Francis Gahide

LIGHTING ON TOUR
Davy Deschepper

SOUND ON TOUR
Davy Deschepper, Bram Moriau, Antoine Delagoutte

PRODUCTION
Ultima Vez

CO-PRODUCTION
KVS

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Charleroi Danses, Centre Chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Louise De Neef, Benjamin Dandoy

REVIVAL 2013/2014 LIVE MUSIC BY ICTUS

DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY & SCENOGRAPHY
Wim Vandekeybus

PERFORMED BY
Jorge Jauregui Allue, Zebastián Méndez Marín, Aymara Parola, Maria Kolegova, Livia Balazova, Eddie Oroyan, Pavel Mašek, Revé Terborg, German Jauregui Allue

ALSO PERFORMED BY

Damien Chapelle, Ricardo Ambrozio, TanjaMarín Friðjónsdóttir

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Thierry De Mey & Peter Vermeersch

PERFORMED LIVE BY
Ictus

MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Georges-Elie Octors

CONCEPT & REALISATION TABLEMUSIC (BIS)
Thierry De Mey

ASSISTANT REALISATION
Stephane Orlando

PIANO
Jean-Luc Fafchamps

PIANO
Fabian Coomans, Fabian Fiorini

CLARINET
Carlos Galvez

CLARINET
Benjamin Dieltjens, Dirk Descheemaeker

CLARINET
Tomonori Takeda

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Eric Sleichim, David Kweksilber

TROMBONE
Alain Pire, Charlotte Van Passen

DOUBLE BASS
Géry Cambier

CELLO
François Deppe

VIOLIN
George van Dam

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
Eduardo Torroja

STYLING
Isabelle LhoasASSISTED BYFrédérick Denis, Isabelle De Cannière

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
Davy Deschepper

LIGHTING DESIGN
Francis Gahide, Davy Deschepper, Wim Vandekeybus

LIGHTING ON TOUR
Davy Deschepper

SOUND ON TOUR
Antoine Delagoutte, Bram Moriau, Alexander Fostier

STAGE
Antoine Delagoutte, Bram Moriau, Wilfried Van Dyck

PRODUCER
Ultima Vez

CO-PRODUCERS
KVS, Concertgebouw Brugge

WITH SUPPORT FROM
Charleroi Danses, Centre Chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie- Bruxelles

CO-PRODUCERS OF ORIGINAL VERSION
Centro di Produzione Inteatro Polverigi, Festival de Saint-Denis, Festival d'Eté de Seine-Maritime, Toneelschuur Produkties Haarlem

WITH THANKS TO
Louise De Neef, Benjamin Dandoy, Thierry De Mey (Charleroi Danses)

ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE 1987

DIRECTED BY
Wim Vandekeybus

PERFORMED BY
Charo Calvo, Marian Del Valle, Yves Delattre, Patrick Dieleman, Maria Icaza, Dorothée Morel, Caroline Rottier, Simone Sandroni, Eduardo Torroja, Wim Vandekeybus

ALSO PERFORMED BY
Nicolas Crow, Muriel Hérault, Lieve Meeussen

ALSO PERFORMED BY (Revival 1995)

Florence Rougier, Thomas Lehnart

MUSIC
Thierry De Mey & Peter Vermeersch

PLAYED BY
Maximalist !

ASSISTANT DIRECTION
Eduardo Torroja

GENERAL ASSISTANT
Octavio Iturbe

STAGE MANAGER
Pascal Joris

PRODUCTION
Ultima Vez . Louise De Neef . Nadia Cornelis

COPRODUCTION
Centro di Produzione Inteatro Polverigi; Festival de Saint-Denis; Festival d'Eté de Seine-Maritime; Toneelschuur Produkties Haarlem

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Vlaams Theater Circuit

© Octavio Iturbe

The debut of Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez in 1987 stunned the world of dance of the time. In New York Vandekeybus and composers Thierry de Mey and Peter Vermeersch received the prestigious Bessie Award for this ‘brutal confrontation of dance and music: the dangerous, combative landscape of What the Body Does Not Remember’. In 2013, 25 years later and with a new cast, the show once again goes on a world tour.

Vandekeybus’ first choreography balances on the razor edge of attraction and repulsion. Sometimes this results in a confrontation between two dancers, then between two groups, between dancers and music, and between dancers and a compelling set of lines. But throughout there is an explosion of aggression, fear and danger.

As from 2013 this pioneering dance piece is also being performed with live music played by the Brussels-based Ictus contemporary music ensemble. For both Ultima Vez and Ictus this collaboration is a long-awaited happy reunion. In 1990 Peter Vermeersch and Thierry De Mey brought a group of 12 musicians together for Le Poids de la Main, a performance that merged together the choreographic material from the first two Ultima Vez productions. This signalled the start of the fine career of this now well-established contemporary music ensemble.

Wim Vandekeybus: “When I watch the performance, I can feel the original passion and energy all over again. At the time I was utterly sick of all that aesthetic stuff, that ‘pretending’. I wanted raw emotion, physical power and guts. Now, decades later, we are still throwing stones in the revival of What the Body Does Not Remember. To me that proves not only that a lot is possible, but also that what is possible can also last.’