{"id":5157,"date":"2018-09-20T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/?p=5157\/"},"modified":"2018-09-20T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:52:26","slug":"aneckxander-alexander-vantournhout-bauke-lievens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/aneckxander-alexander-vantournhout-bauke-lievens\/","title":{"rendered":"ANECKXANDER – Alexander Vantournhout & Bauke Lievens"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tragicomic self-portrait of a tormented acrobatic body<\/b><\/h5>\n
WHEN <\/strong>26 Aug. at 21.00 hrs. and 27-28 Aug. at 20.00 hrs.
\nWHERE <\/strong>Dansehallerne, Pasteursvej 20, Copenhagen V
\nTICKET <\/strong> DKK 165 \/ youth 95<\/h6>\n

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Aneckxander is an unusually brave and raw solo, stripping off the outer layers of the artist. A self-portrait on the boundary between comedy and tragedy, where honestly and without vain displays his body and all its postures, proportions and deformations.<\/p>\n

The complexity increases with each round, all while he struggles with a tormented and exhausted body. The invincible artist body reveals its weaknesses and fragility all while it longs for the spectators\u2019 grace and mercy. A captivating display of the circus artist\u2019s voluntary self-torture.<\/p>\n

Alexander Vantournhout is the big star among the young generation of artists with numerous awards for his pioneering work. With a background as dancer from the renowned school P.A.R.T.S., he has added new dimensions to circus with his honest expressions, superior physique and invigorating lack of respect for conventions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn extraordinary world all of its own\u2026 awkward, uncomfortable, funny, dangerous, baffling and completely compelling.\u201d<\/em> Dancing Review (UK)<\/p>\n

\"\"DURATION <\/span><\/b>70 min.
\nAGE <\/strong>From 14 years
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\nCREDITS
\n<\/strong>Performer: Alexander Vantournhout
\nConcept: Alexander Vantournhout & Bauke Lievens
\nDramaturgy: Bauke Lievens
\nDramaturgic advice: Dries Douibi, Gerald Kurdian
\nMusic: Arvo P\u00e4rt
\nLight design: Tim Oelbrandt, Rinus Samyn
\nCostumes: Nefeli Myrtidi, Anne Vereecke
\nOutside eye: Anneleen Keppens, Lore Missine, Geert Belpaeme, Lili M. Rampre
\nPhotos: Bart Grietens<\/p>\n

Collaboration with Bauke Lievens in the frame of the research-project ‘Between being and imagining: towards a methodology for artistic research in contemporary circus’, financed by KASK School of Arts (BE)<\/p>\n

Production: NOT STANDING
\nCo-production: PERPLX (BE), Circus Next (JTCE)
\nResidencies: Vooruit, Circuscentrum, De Warande, PERPLX, CC De Spil (BE), Subsistances (FR), Centro Cultural Vila Flor (PT), Les Migrateurs (FR), Subtopia (SE)
\nSupported by: Flemish Government, West-Flemish Government and Circus Next, European scheme coordinated by Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe and supported by the European Commission<\/p>\n

www.alexandervantournhout.be<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n