Mette Ingvartsen
Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms Le Lieu Unique into a skatepark to explore the speed of movement in the company of a group of skateboarders and dancers. More than a show of virtuoso prowess, Skatepark shows the emergence of a community in a shared space where generations, cultures, and social backgrounds come together. Everyone falls down, gets back up, and pushes the limits of what’s possible. What emerges is an island of resistance, where punk energy abounds, bodies free themselves, and solidarity prevails.
Skatepark takes over Le Lieu Unique. More than a show of virtuoso prowess, it shows the emergence of a community in a shared space where generations, cultures, and social backgrounds come together. An island of resistance takes form, where bodies free themselves and solidarity prevails.
Concept & choreography: Mette Ingvartsen
Featuring: Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers, Bob Aertsen and skateboarders from Nantes
Choreographic assistant: Jacob Ingram-Dodd
Sound design: Anne van de Star and Peter Lenaerts
Lighting: Minna Tiikkainen
Music: Felix Kubin, Mord Records, Why the eye, sonaBLAST! Records, Rrose, The Fanny Pads, Restive Plaggona
Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejić
Costumes: Jennifer Defays
Set design: Pierre Jambé/Antidote
Design: Stéphane Thonnard
Set construction: Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana, Boyd Gates (Ateliers de construction Théâtre National Bruxelles)
Technical director: Hans Meijer
Sound technicians: Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson
Lighting technicians: Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille
Accompanying children: Billie Meeussen, Victor Perez Hernandez
Production and administration: Joey Ng
Production: Oihana Azpillaga Camio
Communication: Jeroen Goffings
Management: Ruth Collier
Production: Great Investment vzw
Coproduction: La Danse en grande forme (Cndc - Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur - CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val de Marne, CCN - Ballet national de Marseille, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 - Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Théâtre Chaillot, deSingel, Kaaitheater & Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium
Support: la Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden
Residency: Rosas, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, deSingel
Great Investment is supported by the Flemish Authorities, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter and the Danish Arts Council.
