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 universal force, much like a tempest, inevitable under certain conditions and naturally recurring. It is a dual force: at once destructive and a catalyst for change, a response to imbalance.

In the solo 'Tempest', Lisbeth Gruwez draws on the precision of martial arts to channel this primal force and raw energy into focused strength. An oscillating body that moves between sharp surges of energy and the potential for a quiet clarity.

Anger is embodied here as a collective current—a vibration in an energetically charged field, that we all inhabit and relate to. Tempest invites us to absorb and transform the storm: to turn rage into strength. A place where elements clash, merge, and subside into a new presence. A porous body encounters this force, metabolising turmoil into lucidity.

It is a dance through the eye of the storm —a dance that opens an eye within the storm— revealing the stillness at its heart.

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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Credits

Concept: Voetvolk / Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe – Choreography & performance: Lisbeth Gruwez – Music: Maarten Van Cauwenberghe – Lighting design: Jan Maertens – Concept scenography: ruimtevaarders – Scenography implementation: Decoratelier KVS – Realisation Costumes: Eli Verkeyn – Martial arts mentor: Rob Gemmeke – Artistic chaperonne: Christine Herman 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 – Supported by: Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & the Flemish Government