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Les Ballets C. de la B. / Ensemble Explorations

Based on the play of the same name by the Belgian director Alain Platel on Les Ballets C. de la B.

// Credits //

Concept & development Alain Platel & Sven Augustijnen
Direction, image & editing Sven Augustijnen
Produced by Les Ballets C. de la B.

With the support of the department of fine arts, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht

Performance:
Director: Alain Platel
Musical Director: Roel Dieltiens
Danced and created with: Lazara Rosell Albear, Gabriela Carrizo, Franek Chartier, Larbi Cherkaoui, Lizi Estaras, Samuel Louwyck, Einat Tuchman, Minne Ghani Vosteen, Darryl E. Woods,
Youngsters: Nelis Cosyns or Necati Koylu
Girls: Liesje Buysse or Laura Neyskens or Lisa Thyrion or Hanne Van Den Biesen
Musicians: Corrado Bolsi, Adelaide Bizeul, Christine Buseh, Roel Dieltiens, Francois Fernandez, Saskia Fikentscher, Martina Graulich, Ute Grewel, Robert Kohnen, Kathrin Tröger, Ghislaine Wauters, Anne Katherina Schreiber, Etienne Siebens, Frank Theuns, Charles Zebley
Sincers: Steve Dugardin (alt), Werner Van Mechelen or Jan Van der Crabben (bariton) Greta de Reyghere or Euridike de Beul (sopraan).
Dramaturge: Hildegard de Vuyst
Scenography: Pol Heyvaert
Assistant Scenography: Danja Cauwbergs
Set Costruction: Diony Hoogenboom, Johan Vermeire
Costumes: Pynoo
Light Design: Gerd van Looy
Technicians: Eric Vermeulen, Diony Hoogenboom
Photography: Chris van der Burght
Promotional Material: Dirk de Hooghe
Production and Tourmanagment: Linda Suy
Administration Ensemble Explorations: Griet Naesens
Roadmanager musicians: Frederik Dombrecht
Production: Les Battets C. de la B.

Iets op Bach has been on display at the following locations:
Cities under the gaze Murcia, (ES) Oct 14–Dec 31 2010 Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warschau, (PL) Nov 16 2009–Jan 10 2010 Le Cuvier Bordeaux, (FR) May 15–May 19 2009 Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, (DE) Feb 18–May 28 2007

// AutorIn //

Sven Augustijnen (°1970) lives and works in Brussels. His films, publications and installations on political, historical and social themes constantly challenge the genre of the documentary, reflecting a wider interest in historiography and a predilection for the nature of storytelling: ‘Historiography is by no means a natural phenomenon. The way we use stories, images and fiction to construct reality and history fascinates me.’ He had solo-shows at Wiels, Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels; de Appel, arts centre, Amsterdam; Malmö Konsthall; Vox, Centre pour l’Image contemporaine, Montréal; CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson. Recent group-shows include The Unfinshed Conversation, The Power Plant, Toronto, Gestures and archives of the present, genealogies of the future, Biennale Tapei and Living Together, Kunsthal Vienna. Sven Augustijnen is represented by Jan Mot, Brussels and is a founding member of Auguste Orts, Brussels.

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