While we are here
Lisa Vereertbrugghen
People have always danced together... In While We Are Here, dancer, choreographer and researcher Lisa Vereertbrugghen explores the timeless desire to dance hard, collectively. She has invited Claire Godsmark, Dolores Hulan, Eimi Leggett and Castélie Yalombo Lilonge to dedicate themselves to practising hardcore rave in parallel with folk dances celebrating joy and conviviality.
By juxtaposing these styles, she provides an invitation for each to draw inspiration from the other, bringing into being a very lively techno-folk hybrid dance!
While We Are Here is a timeless ode to “being here and now,” just engaging in pleasure, sharing and solidarity, here we are together dancing in spirals and circles to, perhaps, look at the world differently...
Concept and choreography: Lisa Vereertbrugghen |Performanceand co-creation: Claire Godsmark, Dolores Hulan/TakaShamoto, Eimi Leggett, Castélie Yalombo Lilonge & Lisa Vereertbrugghen |Dramaturgy: Simon Baetens & Sophie Guisset |Artistic Director: Madison Bycroft |Sound Design: Michael Langeder |Light Design: Vera Martins|Costume Design: Cee Fülleman |Song Design: Lisa Vereertbrugghen & Michaela Riener|Folk Expert: Aurélie Giet |Production: CAMPO |Technique: Babette Poncelet & Korneel Coessens |Co-production: Dans in Brugge (Concertgebouw, Cultuurcentrum & KAAP), Kunstenwerkplaats KWP, STUK Arts Centre, ICI - CCN Montpellier, Kunstencentrum BUDA, BIT teatergarasjen & Perpodium |With thesupport of : Tax Shelter from the Belgian Federal Government via uFund, the Flemish Government and the Flemish Community Commission.
