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Femke Gyselinck / GRIP & B'Rock Orchestra

Torment of Hearts
VIERNULVIER & Muziekcentrum De Bijloke
  • Fri 28.11
    20:00 - 21:00
    De Vooruit, Gent
    THEATERZAAL
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From the searching soul to torn hearts: contemporary dance on baroque

A few years ago, Femke Gyselinck was introduced to Bach's ‘dialogue cantatas’. Johann Sebastian Bach is as baroque as it gets. In his oeuvre, the dialogue cantatas occupy a special place, a rare opportunity to hear heaven and earth in conversation.

Together, Femke and B'Rock Orchestra set themselves the following challenge: What other music can be added that creates a contrast but not chaos? How can a unity be created between musical compositions from different periods and zeitgeists? What dance language can be used in the process? What dance language could they use? 

The result is 'Torment of Hearts', in which three dancers, two singers and an ensemble of seven instrumentalists give shape to different manifestations of loneliness triggered by four pieces of music from three different centuries.

The theme of the searching soul from Bach's dialogue cantata 'Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen' (1726) is also found in the song 'An die Einsamkeit' (1717) by his contemporary Johann Philipp Krieger. They leave the world of early music with the song 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' (1901) from Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder. Finally, they land in the twenty-first century with new music written specially for this production by composer/keyboard player Hendrik Lasure. 

All this music will be performed by B'Rock Orchestra with Cecilia Bernardini on violin and singers Jonathon Adams & Kristen Witmer.

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MUSICAL CONCEPT: Femke Gyselinck, Jan Van den Borre - CHOREOGRAPHY Femke Gyselinck - DANCE Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Femke Gyselinck, Thomas Vantuycom - MUSIC Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Philipp Krieger, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Lasure - B'ROCK ORCHESTRA: Cecilia Bernardini: violin and artistic direction, Nele Vertommen: oboe, Jonathon Adams and Kristen Witmeren: vocals, Rebecca Huber: violin, Raquel Massadas: viola, Julien Barre: cello, Tom Devaere: double bass, Claudio Ribeiro: harpsichord & organ
COSTUMES Nel Maertens in collaboration with Woche Jewelry (Clarisse Bruynbroeck) - SCENOGRAPHY Aslı Çiçek - PROJECT ASSISTANT SCENOGRAPHY Olivia de Bree - STAGE SCENOGRAPHY Francesca Desantis - LIGHT DESIGN Elke Verachtert - LIVE SOUND Milan Van Doren - MIX RECORDING Dries D'Hondt - DANCE DRAMATURGY Steven Michel - BROCHURE Nick Mattan and Nel Maertens - TEASERS AND TRAILER Robbrecht Desmet: film, Giel Dhaenens: DOP, Ruby van der Kooij: AC, Simon Donceel: gaffer, Elke Verachtert: light, mix recording: Dries D'Hondt - PRODUCTION GRIP & B'Rock Orchestra (Sharon Buffel, Claire Desmedt, Hanne Doms, Albert Edelman, Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Aglaja Thiesen, Davina Van Belle, Toon Vannieuwenhuyse, Nele Verreyken) - INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION A propic - Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent - CO-PRODUCTION Concertgebouw Brugge / Dans in Brugge, EFFEA, STUK, Perpodium - RESIDENCIES KLAP maison de la danse Marseille, Cultuurcentrum / Dans in Brugge, P.A.R.T.S, KWP Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum nona, Rosas Performance Space, GC De Kriekelaar, Kunstencentrum Buda, Workspace Brussels – Studio Les Brigittines, Campo Victoria - WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO Monty, Rataplan - WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter Scheme of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest, The Torment of Hearts residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union.
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels