VOICE NOISE, 19. - 20. April

VOICE NOISE,
19. - 20. April

  • Duration90 min
  • Price360
  • StageMain stage

Dates & times

"Redundant." Or more bluntly: "Irritating noise." This is how the voice of the woman has often been considered from ancient Greek times to today.

VOICE NOISE is inspired by Anne Carson's essay The Gender of Sound (1992), in which she exposes how patriarchal culture has sought to silence women by ideologically associating women's sound with monstrosity, disorder and death.

In VOICE NOISE, some innovative, unknown and/or forgotten women's voices from the past hundred years of music history are given a stage. By doing so, Jan Martens takes another step in his efforts to shape an alternative canon.

Six dancers respond to recordings in which the human voice can be heard in various guises: humming, soothing, shrieking, whispering, singing. Gradually, they discover their own voice.

After working with big groups in his recent productions – any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones and FUTUR PROCHE – Jan Martens returns to a production for a small ensemble of six dancers. He works with some dancers who have inspired him in the past (Steven Michel, Courtney May Robertson and Loeka Willems) and invites new faces (Sue-Yeon Youn, Elisha Mercelina and Mamadou Wagué).

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Contributors

  • Choreography

    Jan Martens

  • Co-creation and performance

    Elisha Mercelina
    Steven Michel
    Courtney May Robertson
    Mamadou Wagué
    Loeka Willems
    Sue-Yeon Youn and/or Pierre Adrien Touret, Zora Westbroek

  • Music

    13 musikkstykker skapt av/sunget av kvinner. Fullstendig liste på www.grip.house

  • Rehersal director

    Zora Westbroeck

  • Understudies

    Pierre Adrien Touret
    Zora Westbroek

  • Lighting Design

    Jan Fedinger

  • Costume Design

    Sofie Durnez

  • Scenography

    Joris van Oosterwijk

  • Sound engineers

    Vincent Philippart
    Valentijn Weyn
    Jo Heijens

  • Vocal coaching

    Ine Claes
    Maxime Montjotin

  • Production, costumes and scenography

    Théâtre de Liège

  • Internship

    Malick Cissé

  • Artistic advice

    Marc Vanrunxt
    Rudi Meulmans
    Femke Gyselinck

  • Grafisk design

    Nick Mattan

  • Technicians on tour

    Elke Verachtert
    Valentijn Weyn
    Vincent Philippart

  • Photo

    Phile Deprez

Music: 20 music pieces sung by women; full list available on www.grip.house in March 2024

Production: GRIP
International distribution: A Propic – Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent, Lara van Lookeren
Co-production: La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, Maison de la Danse de Lyon,
De Singel international arts center, Théâtre de Liège, Julidans Amsterdam, Le Manège - Scène Nationale de Reims, Romaeuropa festival, DDD – Festival Dias da Dança - Teatro Rivoli - Porto, Scène Nationale de Forbach, Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie - Bruxelles, Festspielhaus St-Pölten, Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Théâtre de la Ville - Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Équinoxe - Scène Nationale de Châteauroux, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium
Recedencies: La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand (FR), DE SINGEL (Antwerp, BE), Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie - Bruxelles (BE)
With the financial support from: the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF

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