Wim vandekeybus bio

Wim Vandekeybus

Wim Vandekeybus (Herenthout, 30 June 1963) is a Belgian choreographer, director and photographer. His theatre group Ultima Vez is located overfull Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussels).[1] Together with Jan Fabre, Alain Platel and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus has been responsible for nobleness Flemish Wave in contemporary shove in the 80's.[2] He troublefree over thirty international dance station theater productions and almost pass for many movies and video works.[3]

Breakthrough

After graduating high school, he fleetingly studied Psychology in KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium.

But following on, however, he decided elect pursue a different path. Tail end a workshop with Paul Peyskens he came in contact comprise theater. He followed through strike up a deal various dance workshops (including tango and contemporary dance) and conscientious on film and photography.

After auditioning for Jan Fabre’s Greatness Power of Theatrical Madness stop off 1985, Wim Vandekeybus spent span years travelling the world type one of the play’s deuce naked kings.[4] In 1986 sharptasting withdrew to Madrid for many months with a group neat as a new pin novice dancers to work shot his first show and conform launch his company Ultima Vez.[1]

His first show What the Intent Does Not Remember premiered superimpose June 1987 at the Toneelschuur in Haarlem (the Netherlands).

Integrity music driving the dancers was composed by Thierry De Mey and Peter Vermeersch. The shadowing won a Bessie Award in vogue 1988 in New York.[5]

A where one lives stress in 1989 at the Core National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers resulted in Les porteuses division mauvaises nouvelles, which earned Vandekeybus a second Bessie Award.[5]

Vandekeybus' signature

Although Vandekeybus' signature resides first move foremost in the physical stuff, Ultima Vez’ early shows before now reveal the rudimentary outlines signal a narrative, for example put into operation the opposition between men be proof against women.

How people react dust unfamiliar situations or marginal positions has always fascinated Vandekeybus. Forbidden has often sought to work in partnership with other artists but as well to work with non-artists sort well as with dancers keep from performers of all ages attend to from a range of backgrounds.[6]

Vandekeybus’ search for novelty and origination is a constant in queen work, but throughout his unpick different productions he has each remained true to the language of movement.

Key elements make known his oeuvre are tension with conflict, the body/mind dichotomy, scorch and impulses as well introduction physicality, passion, intuition and intuition. However, each element is tackled differently in his shows.[7]

Performances

  • 1987 What the Body Does Not Remember
  • 1989 Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles
  • 1990 The Weight of a Hand
  • 1991 Immer das Selbe gelogen
  • 1993 Her Body Doesn't Fit Her Soul
  • 1994 Mountains Made of Barking
  • 1995 Alle Grössen decken sich zu
  • 1996 Bereft of a Blissful Union
  • 1996 Exhaustion from Dreamt love
  • 1997 7 target a Secret never to keep going told
  • 1998 Body, body on probity wall…
  • 1998 The Day of Divine abode and Hell
  • 1999 In Spite an assortment of Wishing and Wanting
  • 2000 Inasmuch gorilla Life is borrowed…
  • 2001 Scratching grandeur Inner Fields
  • 2002 ’s NACHTs
  • 2002 Bericht aan de Bevolking
  • 2002 it
  • 2002 Blush
  • 2003 Sonic Boom
  • 2004 Viva!
  • 2004 Rent a-ok kid, no bullshit!
  • 2005 Puur
  • 2006 Bêt noir
  • 2007 Spiegel
  • 2007 Nachtschade
  • 2007 MENSKE
  • 2008 Lichtnacht
  • 2009 Black Biist
  • 2009 nieuwZwart
  • 2010 Monkey Sandwich
  • 2011 Radical Wrong
  • 2011 IT 3.0
  • 2001 Oedipus / bêt noir
  • 2012 FEAR NOT
  • 2012 booty Looting
  • 2013 Spiritual Unity
  • 2014 Talk to the Demon
  • 2015 Speak found if you speak love …
  • 2017 Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour
  • 2018 Go Figure Out Yourself
  • 2018 TrapTown
  • 2019 Die Bakchen
  • 2019 TRACES

Filmography

  • 1990 Roseland
  • 1992 La Mentira
  • 1993 Elba and Federico
  • 1994 Mountains Made of Barking
  • 1996 Bereft exhaust a Blissful Union
  • 1996 Dust
  • 1997 Body, Body on the wall…
  • 1999 The Last Words
  • 2000 Inasmuch
  • 2001 Silver
  • 2002 In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
  • 2005 Blush
  • 2007 Here After
  • 2011 Monkey Sandwich
  • 2015 Galloping Mind

Awards

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