Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour

Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
Fri 14.04.2017 - Sat 22.04.2017
14.04.2017
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22.04.2017

We are in the distant future. A turning point in the history of mankind has been reached. A devastating force is engaged in utterly destroying all life on earth. With the aid of a child, a few people have nonetheless succeeded in reaching a place of safety. But life in this safe room is far from easy. The survivors, being human, are constantly at odds with one another. On top of all this is the fact that the chosen ones cannot escape life. Immortality prevails, and suicide doesn’t offer any way out.

The ambiguous relationship with the child in the outside world, internal conflicts, cultural differences and the urges and instincts characteristic of humanity make it a time of uninterrupted commotion. The desire to surrender to the all-destroying forces of the outside world is always lurking. Is mankind actually worth saving?

In the theatre and dance performance Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour, Wim Vandekeybus, through the medium of seven characters, presents an incisive portrait of a messiah as an imaginary figure. Utopia and dystopia at a single glance. Nothing is what it seems in this futuristic reality.

Credits

REGIE, CHOREOGRAFIE / MISE EN SCÈNE, CHORÉGRAPHIE / DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY Wim Vandekeybus GECREËERD MET EN UITGEVOERD DOOR / CRÉÉE AVEC ET EXECUTÉ PAR / CREATED WITH AND EXECUTED BY Anabel Lopez, Maria Kolegova, Yun Liu, Saïd Gharbi, Jason Quarles, Flavio D’ Andrea OOK UITGEVOERD DOOR / AUSSI EXECUTÉ PAR / ALSO EXECUTED BY Wouter Bruneel OOK GECREËERD MET / AUSSI CRÉÉE AVEC / ALSO CREATED WITH Daniel Copeland TEKST / TEXTE / TEXT Bart Meuleman & Ultima Vez ARTISTIEK ASSISTENT / ASSISTANT ARTISTIQUE / ARTISTIC ASSISTANT Jerry Killick, Aïda Gabriëls SCENOGRAFIE / SCÉNOGRAPHIE / SCENOGRAPHY Wim Vandekeybus, Meryem Bayram DRAMATURGIE / DRAMATURGY Aïda Gabriëls, Jerry Killick MUZIEK & GELUIDSONTWERP / MUSIQUE & CONCEPTION SON / MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Charo Calvo COCREATIE GELUIDSONTWERP & ONTWERP COMPUTERMUZIEK / CO CRÉATION CONCEPTION SON / CO CREATION SOUND DESIGN Ircam Manuel Poletti STEM SAVIOUR / VOIX SAVIOUR / VOICE SAVIOUR Maxim Daish Belay BEWEGINGSASSISTENT / ASSISTANT MOUVEMENT / MOVEMENT ASSISTANT German Jauregui LICHTONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE / LIGHTING DESIGN Davy Deschepper, Wim Vandekeybus STYLISME / STYLISM Isabelle Lhoas GEASSISTEERD DOOR / ASSISTÉ PAR / ASSISTED BY Isabelle De Cannière TECHNISCHE COORDINATIE / COÖRDINATION TECHNIQUE / TECHNICAL COORDINATION Davy Deschepper GELUIDSREGIE / RÉGIE SON / SOUND DIRECTION Bram Moriau GEASSISTEERD DOOR / ASSISTÉ PAR / ASSISTED BYMartin Antiphon (Ircam) TONEELMEESTER / RÉGISSEUR / STAGE MANAGER Tom De With SFX Zephyr Wildlife, Saskia Verreycken PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION Ultima Vez COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION KVS (Brussel), Ircam (Parijs), DeSingel (Antwerpen)