"Where do we wander

If we won't go inside?" 

After 'Vacuum' (with David Poltrock and Adriaan de Roover) and 'Dance Of The Seven Veils' (with Astrid Stockman and Colin H. Van Eeckhout, among others), AB is joining forces again with the transdisciplinary company oester for a brand new performance: The Wild Stage.

Welcome to the The Wild Stage! A journey into our own human nature. Hop on, hop off, dissect and confront yourself, sweat or burst into tears.

Inspired by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht's 'Mahagonny Songspiel' (1927), oester explores the stratification of our human need for escapism. Aïda Gabriëls invites Casper Clausen (Efterklang, Liima), Timo Tembuyser, Adriaan de Roover and Baroque Orchestration X's Pieter Theuns and Jon Birdsong to develop musical compositions together into multilayered soundscapes by means of improvisation. Vocally led by Casper Clausen and Timo Tembuyser, The Wild Stage meanders between pop, baroque and electronics, between the contemporary and the classical. On stage, the quintet is completed by three dancers. Together they lead you to a kaleidoscopic sanctuary of encounters with yourself and the other.

Oester's artistic practice focuses on transdisciplinary collaborations in which choreography, sound, body and space are inextricably interwoven. All musical compositions, images and choreography are created together with the performers.  

With The Wild Stage you descend into your own shadow and meet yourself in the middle of the crowd. Are you in? Or are you out?

CREDITS

concept I mise en scène Aïda Gabriëls

created with and interpreted by Casper Clausen, Mustav Ahmeti, Matteo Sedda, Pieter Theuns (B.O.X.), Timo Tembuyser, Jon Birdsong (B.O.X.), Adriaan de Roover et Rob Hayden

Libretto Ylona Supèr

dramaturgy Ylona Supèr, Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze

choreography Germán Jauregui

stage design Mia Fryk

costumes Maarten Van Mulken

sound Korneel Moreaux, Pieter-Jan Buelens

lighting Harry Cole, Bram Vandeghinste

visuals Francis Vanhee

production Sebastiaan Peeters

dramaturgy on stage Anuschka Carl