After the energetic dance performance nieuwZwart (2009) and his fascinating movie performance Monkey Sandwich (2010) Wim Vandekeybus is ready for a new adventure. In the antiperformance RADICAL WRONG the choreographer and film-maker wants to appeal to a broad audience and above all to today’s vibrant young people. The tempo is scorching hot. There’s no point in hiding. Since this first experience of working with and for youngsters in 2002, Wim Vandekeybus has lead several youth projects. Geared to the youngsters' experiences and perception of the world, Wim Vandekeybus stimulates them to get in touch with different people, disciplines, media, genres, tastes and ways of experiencing movement.With RADICAL WRONG Wim Vandekeybus wants to create a performance which actually isn’t a performance or at least doesn’t want to pretend to be one. RADICAL WRONG is constantly looking for an identity without being afraid to make mistakes. And that’s probably its strength. Wim Vandekeybus: “They can all say it sucks! The rebellious spirit of teenagers means a lot more to me then the opinion of the establishment who tells them how it is done and what to think about it. In a sense RADICAL WRONG is a serious test for me. I destroy myself – it is a performance in which I no longer exist.”
Wim Vandekeybus (born 1963 in Lierre) is a Belgian director, choreographer, dancer, photographer and head of the renowned ensemble Ultima Vez. Vandekeybus founded Ultima Vez in 1986 during his stay in Spain. He entered the international scene with the production What the Body Does Not Remember. His work is characteristic by employing a radical movement theatre, the driving force of which is power, conflict, instinct, "an imaginary catastrophe" and the conflict between attraction and repulsion. Vandekeybus masterfully makes use of text and original music. Among others, avant-garde musicians such as David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Charo Calvo, Eavesdropper and David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horse Power or band Woven Hand have composed for Ultima Vez.
Ultima Vez was introduced to the Czech audiences for the first time in 1995 at the Archa Theatre with the project Mountains Made of Barking. Since then, regular Archa theatregoers have had the opportunity to follow the work of one the world's top choreographers on a regular basis. Among others, productions such as What the Body Does Not Remember (1997), In Spite of Wishing and Wanting (2000), Scratching the Inner Fields (2002), Blush (2003), Spiegel (2006), nieuwZwart (2009) and Monkey Sandwich (2010) have been performed there. Source: Archa Theatre Photo: Pieter-Jan De Pue
Josef Bartos
Thank you for your thoughts. One got stuck in my mind – that passion makes us different from AI. Just yesterday I read…I am a dance critic. I am a member of an endangered species