Lisa Vereertbrugghen / CAMPO

For the past twelve years, Lisa Vereertbrugghen has researched the political and physical dimensions of (hardcore) techno music and dance. With ‘Again Forever’, she now focuses on the ‘slow’: that sticky, slow dance at the other end of the speed spectrum.

‘Again Forever’ presents the ‘slow’ as a slow sister of an underground dance like the gabber dance, a dance that reconsiders intimacy and time in an era of productivity, speed, and isolation. The ‘slow’ is removed from the traditional couple context and anchored in today’s queer nightlife. Thus, the dance becomes a collective experience that, with its constantly shifting relationships and constellations, becomes a form of resistance.

With four FLINTA*-performers, Again Forever reclaims the slow dance as an anti-patriarchal ritual without fixed roles. The audience is immersed in a slow rave where solos, couples, trios, and quartets merge into one uninterrupted dance. Time becomes subjective and whimsical, filled with loops that give the dance a timeless quality. 

*FLINTA stands for Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, and Agender.