INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
KUNSTFESTIVALDESARTS X KAAITHEATER X LES HALLES DE SCHAERBEEK
Miet Warlop
KAAITHEATER CO-PRODUCTION
WORLD PREMIERE
Presented by Kaaitheater X Les Halles de Schaerbeek X Kunstenfestivaldesarts
- This show contains strobe lights, loud music and deep bass sounds -
- With an aftertalk on 19 May -
A wave rises and breaks the empty space. Artistic jack-of-all-trades Miet Warlop’s new tour de force, in world premiere at the festival this year, opens with overwhelming force. Something small transforms into something larger-than-life. With the cadence of the tides, visual ideas coalesce into an accumulation, into a mountain. In Delirium, Warlop describes the inner turmoil she experiences when she creates: a translation of what is happening in her mind’s eye, like a wave that rises in her head and only breaks in the outside world. Warlop brings onto the stage a group of performers and 1,500 metres of silk fabric. The lengths of fabric disappear and reappear to the accompaniment of music from DEEWEE, and so become echoes that breathe new life into the space. Together, the performers create an explosion of images, not devoid of humour, with surprising nods to Greek mythology. Those who have seen her One Song and other internationally acclaimed performances know that Warlop approaches art as an experience, calling to mind ritual concerts or choreographic objects. In her most ambitious project yet, this is no different. Expect the unexpected: an immersion into an elusive and infinitely fascinating visual universe.
• Miet Warlop (born in 1978) (she/her) is a student of fine arts at KASK (Ghent). She gradually explores the more performative aspect of her work. Over time, she will then create performances for the theatre, alongside interventions in galleries, concert halls and museums. Characteristic of her energetic work is making the static dynamic and the dynamic static again. She approaches art as an experience, think ritual concerts or choreographic objects. She prefers to work in cycles rather than on a project-by-project basis and believes in the attitude that comes with an idea. This mix of art forms garnered her international acclaim. Warlop's award-winning show One Song has toured around the world since 2022.
Concept and direction: Miet Warlop | Music: in collaboration with DEEWEE | Performers: Milan Schudel, Emiel Vandenberghe, Margarida Ramalhete, Lara Chedraoui, Mattis Clement | Scenography: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Mattis Clement | Costumes: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Elias Demuynck supervised by Tom Van Der Borght | Light design: Henri Emmanuel Doublier | Light: Pieter Kinoli | Sound: Ditten Lerooij | Assistant director: Marius Lefevre | Production manager: Sylvie Svanberg | Technical coordination: Marjolein Demey | Outside eye: Danai Anesiadou, Giocomo Bisordi | General management: Saskia Liénard | Distribution: Frans Brood Productions | Thanks to: Michelle Vosters, Jeroen Olyslaegers, Flup Beys, Micha Volders, Pol Heyvaert, Kenneth De Vos, Geert Viaene/Amotec, Florence Carlisi, LOD muziektheater, Milo Rau, collab Hermes Holding Lyon
Production: Miet Warlop / Irene Wool vzw | Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kaaitheater, Biennale de la Danse, Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, NTGent, TANDEM Scène nationale, Kampnagel International Summer Festival, Le Lieu Unique, Romaeuropa Festival, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Sharjah Art Foundation With the support of the Ammodo Foundation, the Flemish Government, the City of Ghent, Perpodium and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government
