Voetvolk / Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe

Name: Voetvolk / Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe — Tempest
Start: 2026-03-14T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-14T22:00:00+01:00
Location: De Vooruit

Tempest

VIERNULVIER

Fri 13.03

20:00 - 22:00

De Vooruit, Gent

THEATERZAAL

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Sat 14.03

20:00 - 22:00

De Vooruit, Gent

THEATERZAAL

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From raw energy to focused strength: dancing in the eye of the storm

Anger is a dual force: on the one hand destructive, on the other a catalyst for change, a response to imbalance. In the solo 'Tempest', Lisbeth Gruwez draws on martial arts to channel raw energy into focused strength. An oscillating body that moves between chaotic sharp surges of energy and the potential for a quiet clarity held at its centre.

'Tempest' explores how to welcome a storm within, integrating its force instead of resisting it. It is a dance through the eye of the storm—or rather, a dance that seeks to open an eye in the storm—a single, energetic, glowing point.

Voetvolk is the dance company of dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician/composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Their work is often highly visual, powerful and expressive, full of improvisation, performance elements, and a razor-sharp dialogue between dance and sound design.

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CONCEPT Voetvolk / Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE Lisbeth Gruwez MUSIC Maarten Van Cauwenberghe LIGHTING DESIGN Jan Maertens CONCEPT SCENOGRAPHY ruimtevaarders IMPLEMENTATION SCENOGRAPHY decoratelier KVS MARTIAL ARTS MENTOR Rob Gemmeke WITH THANKS TO Francesca Chiodi Latini, Louise Raes PRODUCTION Voetvolk vzw COPRODUCTION December Dance (Concertgebouw Brugge & Cultuurcentrum Brugge) (BE), MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard (FR), Perpodium, POLE-SUD

(Strasbourg / FR), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster / DE) RESIDENCIES kunstencentrum BUDA (BE), CENTQUATRE-PARIS (FR), Chang Theatre (Bangkok / TH), kunstencentrum nona (BE), POLE-SUD (Strasbourg / FR), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster / DE), Voetvolk Atelier Rubigny (FR), WestK Performing Arts (Hong Kong / HK) INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION Materialise - Stéphane Noël WITH THE SUPPORT OF Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and the Flemish Government