17.01.'20
Statement in response to the subsidy cuts:have to be made, we want to take a seat at the decision-making table, help assess the situation at the broadest level, and not be relegated to a corner where we have to scramble for whatever crumbs fall off it. After all, we have become quite the experts at making the most out of less.
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07.02.'20
Day of the Dance 2020 -workshop with Tister Ikomo- Rhythm – body – group : these are the basic ingredients Tister will use to take the participants along in an intensive dance workshop. Dancer and percussionist Tister Ikomo combines Congolese traditional dance forms with elements from contemporary dance, percussion having an important role in it. His workshops start from his afro-dance style to warm up and free the body. For the Day of the Dance, Tister continues with tasks for group choreography and together with the participants he develops movements that explore the dynamic of the group.PRACTICAL DETAILS s3@lesballetscdela.be TISTER OKOMO Biography
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24.02.'20
BLOOMSBURY PUBLICATION A time to rejoice at les ballets C de la B. English-language publishers Bloomsbury have just published the academic publication put together by Christel Stalpaert, Guy Cools and resident dramatist Hildegard De Vuyst. An impressive tome, the publication consists of several contributions that look back at an eventful 35-year journey: from collective to platform to Alain Platel’s company. It coincides beautifully with a new turning point in the history of les ballets C de la B. To put an end to any and all misconceptions: Alain Platel does not stop making productions. The next one will be called Mein Gent and will be produced at Vooruit, together with Frank Van Laecke. The fact is, an artist does not retire. True, the organization will no longer be built exclusively around his works. But that was never the case to begin with. Les ballets C de la B has always looked for ways to share resources, infrastructure and knowhow. These past few years, this idea gained extra traction via the “Co-laBo” residency programme. It gave us a first-hand chance to witness the works of Serge-Aimé Coulibaly, Lisaboa Houbrechts, Ehsan Hemat, Selma & Sofiane Ouissi and Arkadi Zaides, a.o. It is with these people we will continue to talk about the future. To think about Platel’s real legacy together: the grand gesture. How can you make a grand gesture for the world today, using an intimate medium like a stage and a small instrument like a body as your conduit? A festive book launch of The Choreopolitics of Alain Platel's les ballets C de la B is planned for Saturday 21 March, the day after the premiere of C(H)ŒURS 2020 at Kunsthuis (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), a Platel creation from 2012 (a collaboration, at the time, with the Opera of Madrid, as commissioned by the late Gerard Mortier). We will be setting up conversations about C(H)ŒURS 2020 and the future at the salons of the Ghent Opera House, from 3pm onwards. www.bloomsbury.com/9781350080010 www.lesballetscdela.be/en/projects/in-co-labo/introduction/info/
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In creation: C(H)OEURS 2020 17.01.'20
C(H)OEURS 2020
Now the time has come for an update, according to Platel: C(H)OEURS 2020 Opera Gent
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17.06.'19
Requiem pour L. – a book After months of preparation, creation and rehearsing, Requiem pour L. premiered in January 2018 in Berlin. More then ever, the whole process got under the skin of director Alain Platel and found its expression in his diary notes. As if he needed to write this performance out of his system, Platel developed the notes into a book. The book does not only tell about the personal experiences of Platel during the creation of Requiem pour L. , it also takes you through the fascinating history of les ballets C de la B, from the living room experiment in the eighties towards the internationally acclaimed dance company that it is today.Requiem pour L. will be published in dutch by EPO. Everyone is warmly invited to the book presentation: June 19, 7.30pm at the Parnassuskerk (Oude Houtlei, Ghent) Free admission. Please, confirm your presency with this form: https://forms.gle/vL2noNrLWLgv5WRv5
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03.02.'20
Alain Platel received the Medaille van Erkentelijkheid van het Koninklijk Verbond der Gebuurtedekenijen Gent, City Hall Ghent 30 January 2020
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03.10.'18
The music of Fabrizo Cassol's Requiem pour L. (inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, conducted by Rodriguez Vangama and staged by Alain Platel) can be bought on cd either after the performance in the theatres or online through this link: https://outhere-music.com/nl/albums/requiem-pour-l-out-663
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Summer workshops souvenir 26.11.'19
05.10.'17
For 25 years, Chris Van der Burght has his lens trained on les ballets C de la B's work. For the performance nicht schlafen, he came with his camera as close to the dancers as he could get. The magnifcent series of photos he produced have been brought together in a beautiful book in limited edition.The book is sold after each show in the venues on tour and in the Ghent bookstore Paard van Troje. It can also be ordered by sending a mail to info@lesballetscdela.be. Price is 25 euro + shipping cost. Alain Platel
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16.10.'19
Our dramaturg Hildegard De Vuyst came back from the Dream City Festival in Tunis, where she saw many inspirational projects and run into works by Serge Aimé and kabinet K, artists familiar to our house. Some articles report about the more than interesting programme : De Volkskrant / De Morgen (Dutch).De Standaard (Dutch).Politis (French).
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10.05.'19
Since 2004 les ballets C de la B lends its active support to a cultural boycott of Israel. Because of the increasing tension, les ballets C de la B relaunches the call to support the cultural boycott of Israel. Alain Platel emphasizes the relaunch with an open letter:Open letter by Alain Platel (les ballets C de la B). really am not much of a hero and it is always with a heavy heart that I swing into action, when I feel that it is necessary. It is even harder when I am forced to disagree with fellow artists – whose work I admire immensely – in this respect when they claim that these kinds of actions or statements either are not ours to take or make, or don’t help matters whatsoever.and Palestinian artists, both in the Occupied Territories and here in Belgium, however, leaves me no choice. Since my first visit to the Occupied Territories – in 2001, and this during the intifada – I became convinced that the resolution of the conflict in this part of the world could be crucial and could give a huge boost to a positive development in the whole region, and by extension, East-West relationships as a whole. Of course, this is very naïve and utopian, but I believe that harbouring such utopian hopes is a good thing. After all, I see very little or no evidence of how the existing political and military structures do/did get things moving.why , more than ever, I want to make a plea for a delicate, yet special citizens’ initiative: the support for the (cultural) boycott of Israel.everywhere in the Occupied Territories.every day in Palestinian territories. Every day, Palestinians are still being harassed, discriminated against, picked up, locked up or – where ‘necessary’ – simply shot. The OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), a United Nations humanitarian organisation, for instance, regularly publishes the shocking figures of the ‘invisible victims’ who are killed there every year. (see: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_the_humanitarian_monitor_2014_10_02_english.pdf ).real , constructive and permanent solutions. A (cultural) boycott is nonviolent but is incredibly irritating and with ardent advocates such as archbishop Desmond Tutu is in very good company.www.bacbi.be www.vrede.be this link .
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22.11.'19
les ballets C de la B supports HART BOVEN HARD www.hartbovenhard.be
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18.10.'17
Les ballets C de la B wants to invest in the next generation by taking in residents who will get the opportunity to be coached in their work by director Alain Platel and Hildegard Devuyst, Platel’s dramaturg for more than 20 years. The basic idea are one-month-residencies in one of the studios at les ballets. There are no prefixed artistic conditions, no exclusives when it comes to form or movement language. Young artists who think their work would benefit from a residency, can apply by mailing to Hildegard De Vuyst. hildegard@lesballetscdela.be
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les ballets C de la B in 15 minutes 24.09.'18
les ballets C de la B in 15 minutes ‘this dance is for the world and the world is for everyone'.
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