Guns/Roses

Guns Roses by Chantal Yzermans La Casa Encendida Festival Escena Contemporanea Madrid photo Ronald Stoops

concept + choreography + scenography Chantal Yzermans

performers Tania Arias+ Hans Van Kerckhoven

costumedesign Ana Locking

lightdesign Harry Cole

Première

16 & 17 february 2011

Festival Escena Contemporanea Madrid, La Casa Encendida

May 2011

Rencontres Choregraphiques Internationales de Seine Saint Denis, Paris, 2011

Since last year, I immersed myself in the rich world of sports. 'guns/roses' is a continuation of the research I started in my former work 'arena, act three'. A research  between movement in sports and movement in dance, which leads to a deeper look into the nature of performance, with  'movement'  as being the protagonist. The experiment to introduce a different  language, that of sports,  stimulates me to create and sign another  sensitivity in my choreographic work. Movement is the anchor, the initiation of it all, I confide in it totally: in its honesty and  self- sufficiency. As for the colour of my choreography, it is inspired by the inner personality of each performer, Tania Arias and one of the rare male soprano singers in the world : Hans Van Kerckhoven Ana Locking, spanish fashiondesigner strikes  their  presence by making for both performers a unique costume creation.

With the support of

Flemish Community 2011 + The City of Antwerpen,

Festival Escena Contemporanea (Madrid), Flanders House Madrid (Madrid)

In collaboration with Jan Fabre/Troubleyn, Teatro Danza Canal Madrid

Escuela Nacional de Entrenadores de Atletismo de la Real Federacion Espanola de Atletismo Madrid