Skatepark
A skatepark onstage: twelve skaters and dancers present this new piece by the Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen. More than a show of amazing feats, Skatepark is about the emergence of a community, defined by the persistence and hard, constant work of individuals who experiment, fall and reach the limits of the impossible, alone but together. In each city where the show is performed, local skaters are chosen as a way of connecting with the local residents and reaching new communities that seldom go to the theatre.
Mette Ingvartsen is a Danish choreographer and dancer who studied in Amsterdam and Brussels. The hybrid nature of her work merges dance with other disciplines such as the visual arts, technology and language. Ingvartsen created her company in 2003, and since then her pieces have been performed all over Europe and in the United States, Canada, Australia and Asia. The Mercat de les Flors put on a series of her pieces in January 2023.
Concept and choreography: Mette Ingvartsen - Performers: Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Julia Rubies Subirós, Thomas Birzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers and local skaters - Choreography assistant: Michael Pomero - Sound design: Anne van de Star and Peter Lenaerts - Light design: Minna Tiikkainen - Music: Minna Tiikkainen - Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejić - Costumes: Jennifer Defays - Set design: Pierre Jambe/Antidote - Technical design: Stephane Thonnard - Set building: Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana and Boyd Gates - Technical director: Hans Meijer - Sound technicians: Milan Van Doren, Yrjana Rankka and Filip Vilhelmsson - Lighting technicians: Bennert Vancottem and Jan-Simon De Lille - Children’s supervisors: Billie Meeussen, Victor Pérez Hernández - Production and administration office: Joey Ng - Production: Oihana Azpillaga Camio - Communication: Jeroen Goffings - Management: Ruth Collier - Production: Great Investment vzw - Co-production: La Danse en grande forme (Cndc – Angiers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’echangeur – CDCN Hauts-de- France, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orleans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 – Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Theatre Chaillot, deSingel, Kaaitheater & Theatre National Wallonie- Bruxelles, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre choregraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium - With the support of: Fondation d’entreprise Hermes, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden - Residencies: Rosas, Charleroi danse centre choregraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, deSingel
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