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Science Fiction
© A PRIVATE VIEW
The latest production by the internationally
renowned artist Josef Nadj,
Les Philosophes, which was jointly produced
by BRUGGE 2002, also had
something of a multimedia aspect.
On the basis of texts by the Polish-
Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, Nadj created
a multidisciplinary production of
videos, dance and new image language
in a specially designed circular
arena. A previous production of
Nadj’s, Woyzeck, was put on in the
Municipal Theatre and the Cultural
Centre also played host to a presentation
of his expressive work.
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Outside the lines
Another foreign artist and a very high-profile theatre maker who was included in the
BRUGGE 2002 programme was Raimund Hoghe. He stayed in Bruges for several
weeks in order to carry through his experimental project with twelve young people
aged around twenty. With much sung music – from Dalida to Bach – and few words,
and with minimum action and a moving sensuality, he was able to turn Young People,
Old Voices into a project that gave new force to experiences undergone by people, as
a result of the juxtaposition of young people and old voices.
CONCISE
Some performances were unconventional on account of the means used, the site at
which they were staged or their multidisciplinary character. Patatboem had all three
of these assets, and many more besides. In this new creation by Peter De Bie’s theatre
group Laika, tastes, smells, colours and sounds were mixed, cooked and centrifuged
into a spectacle for all the senses. Together with a couple of musicians from
the Flat Earth Society, Peter Vermeersch provided the music for this fascinating production,
which aroused great enthusiasm among a broad public.
Right at the end of the cultural year we programmed Jan Fabre’s new creation, Parrots
and Guinea Pigs, which was jointly produced by Salamanca 2002. This is a multidisciplinary
production in which Fabre clearly went further in his search for metamorphosis,
the difference between humans and animals and the transformation of the
body, and the difference between instinct and sense.
Finally we would like to think back to
The Fairy-tale Brothel. What could be
more sensually stimulating than letting
yourself be individually pampered
in an intimate atmosphere, on
a soft cushion, with your eyes closed,
and listening to stories by Peter
Verhelst whispered to you by a
caressing actor or actress This
splendid project devised by Peter
Verhelst, and produced by Het
Toneelhuis, was specially created for
BRUGGE 2002, but is now touring
with great success in the rest of
Belgium and abroad.
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