Miet Warlop
INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
Anyone who describes Miet’s work will encounter secrets that are difficult to put into words. Wonder and pleasure sweep you along in a wave. It looks as if that round air cavity takes on the contours of Warlop’s skull, within which the imagination infects a whole group around her, the imagination becomes collective and thus touches our imagination. But how do you interpret the capriciousness of that imagination on stage? What is the deeper meaning of a wave that rises and then crashes? – text by Jeroen Olyslaegers
After the immense success of her previous performance ONE SONG, Miet Warlop depicts with Delirium the internal storm while creating a performance. A sensory experience in which image, sound, body and fabric come together in a hypnotising trip between chaos and calm. Delirium is a mental whirlwind of four solos that fuel, echo and calm each other in canon. Five performers take turns occupying the space, breathing new life into it and colouring it with their own accents.
Like ebb and flow, movement, sound and images wash over the stage until they break open. Tangibility is central: 6,500 metres of silk cloth are rolled out, folded, wrapped. They breathe, glide, swell and retreat. As temporary sculptures, they give shape to what normally remains hidden. They depict breath, time and the longing for contact in a world of discontinuity. Just like the chorus in Greek tragedy sang the unspeakable, Delirium forms a contemporary chorus of discontinuity: a chorus without harmony, a landscape of unique voices that intersect without merging.
Play dates
Music: in collaboration with DEEWEE
Performers: Milan Schudel, Emiel Vandenberghe, Margarida Ramalhete, Lara Chedraoui, Mattis Clement, Elias Demuynck
Scenography: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Mattis Clement
Costumes: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Elias Demuynck supervised by Tom Van Der Borght
Internships: Nel Gevaerts / KITOS & Nana Bonsu, Sofia Ristori / Ursulinen Mechelen,
Textile creatives: Ginger Bogaert, Rowan Boeijen, Michelle Van Neste
Light design: Henri Emmanuel Doublier
Light: Seppe Van Rampelbergh
Sound: Ditten Lerooij + Hector Devriendt/Niels Orens
Assistant director: Marius Lefever
Production manager creation: thanks to: Sylvie Svanberg
Technical coordination: Marjolein Demey, Pepijn Mesure
Outside eye: Danai Anesiadou, Giacomo Bisordi
Tour / General management: Saskia Liénard
Distribution: Frans Brood Productions
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