Please note: this concert is a matinee performance and starts at 5:00 PM (!)

In 2022, VOETVOLK - the contemporary dance company of choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician/composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. - landed in AB for the first time. And how! It was with a real big bang with the premiere of ‘Into The Open’, an explosive performance in response to the far too long silence/stillness during the pandemic. ‘Into The Open’ channelled that collective release. 

Four dancers and three musicians whipped each other up with pimped-out krautrock anno now. Or: the repetitiveness of Can crossed with the high voltage of The Chemical Brothers. The sophisticated stage design and lighting lifted the show to the next level. With this crossover, Voetvolk aimed at an audience that likes to dance itself, far away from a theatre setting. What took place in the auditorium turned out to be as important as what happened on stage. The public interaction was remarkable. 
 The result exceeded all expectations. Reviews were unanimously laudatory. Focus Knack placed the play in the top 3 of ‘The best plays of 2022’ and Voetvolk even landed on the stage of festivals like the Feeërieën and Pukkelpop. 
Time for an honourable closing in AB with a real dernière in the hall where it all started....

CONCEPT
Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
CHOREOGRAPHY 
Lisbeth Gruwez & performers 
PERFORMANCE
Wei-Wei Lee, Celine Werkhoven, Artemis Stavridi, Misha Demoustier, Maarten Van Cauwenberghe, Frederik Heuvinck & Elko Blijweert
MUSIC
Dendermonde
DRAMATURGY
Bart Meuleman
REPETITOR
Francesca Chiodi Latini
LIGHT DESIGN 
Yann Windey
COSTUME DESIGN
Jean-Paul Lespagnard in collaboration with Muriel Kunkel and Marcelo Chavira
SOUND
Bart Van Immerseel
PRODUCTION
Voetvolk vzw
COPRODUCTION
KVS – Royal Flemish Theatre, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Dansens Hus Oslo, Vooruit Ghent, Ancienne Belgique
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
NONA, the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC) & the Belgian Tax Shelter