Spine Of Desire: Wounds without tears, out of one skin in diamonds and shit is a black box performance that draws from individual and collective narratives to create an experience with sonic, visual, spatial and dancing elements. Stanley Ollivier’s new work takes as a starting point the community building power of POC belonging spaces in order to reformulate familiar choreographic approaches. Together with performers Lily Brieu Nguyen and Mamadou Wagué, they explore everyday reality and social changes through a danced language that reflects the interrelations between the intimate, the body and the creation of a guarded, safe space.

Stanley Ollivier (FR/BE)

Stanley Ollivier is a French/Caribbean Brussels based artist. They studied in the International Dance Academy Of Paris (AID), the CNSMDP in Paris, and in P.A.R.T.S (BE). They previously worked for different productions and international artists such as: Soa Ratsifandrihana, Cie Tabea Martin, Lasseindra Lanvin, Geert Belpaeme, Calixto Neto, Iván Pérez, Brahim Tall, among others. He has created the performances PARADE (2021), The Mirror Stand (2022), and Just A Taste (2024). Likewise, Stanley is a DJ resident at Kiosk Radio, and the co-founder of the broadcast Entwined.