Acting
In 2004 Wim Vandekeybus shot a 52-minute feature based on his successful performance Blush. Carried by the music of David Eugene Edwards and Woven Hand and with texts by the Flemish author Peter Verhelst, Blush is a dazzling voyage swinging between the heavenly landscapes of Corsica and the slummiest depths of Brussels. It is an exploration of the savage subconscious, of mythical forests, of conflicting instincts, of imagination, where the body has reasons unknown to the mind. In dance sequences of attraction, confrontation and repulsion the performers take on animal metamorphoses…
A dramatic story based on the book of the same name by Peter Holka. The story of a teenager who falls in love with a drug-addicted friend. He tries to help her, but indirectly becomes addicted too, because he first starts stealing from home for her drugs, then starts dealing and loses his judgment, just to provide her with drugs. His love for a girl who can't stop being an addict ultimately costs him his own life.
But to observe, you need stillness. You need to wait. To move slow. To expand time. To learn slow. To see.
Fighting Monkey Practice. Want to move better? Age better? Cope better with stress and the uncertainty of everyday life? How about start working on it while housebound? Linda and Jozef are introducing the basic principles of Fighting Monkey Practice. Life rarely happens as you expect. Most of the time it is unpredictable. What games do you play to grow young? There are no ‘exercises’ complex enough to prepare you for life. But open games–or movement situations as we call them–which involve partners, ever-changing rules, and are developed through the context in which we live, can. Instead of trying to ‘fix’ your body, try to learn joyfully and with long lasting benefits the importance of adaptability.
How dynamic our posture is depends on our feet’s intelligence. We age from our feet. Keep them alive. Move them.
