In Out of Context, Alain Platel continues his search for a language of movement connected to the unconscious, the arbitrary and the uncontrolled. The movement material covers the entire range of spasms, convulsions and tics. Ultimately, Platel goes back to his past as a special needs educator where he discovered the beauty of the malformed, the emotional power of the misshapen. Out of Context is situated in a mental space. It gradually became a trip down memory lane. A dive into the caverns of human existence in search of the roots of childhood and prehistory. Of something in between man and animal, a kind of harmony that passes by (or precedes) the duality of beauty and ugliness, good and evil, me and you, individual and community. In that sense, Out of Context becomes a kind of ritual, a gathering of people in search of an essence they can’t find, but in the meantime experiencing something unexpected yet worthwhile.
Création 2010 / Concept et mise en scène : Alain Platel / Dansé et créé par : Elie Tass, Emile Josse/Quan Bui Ngoc, Hyo Seung Ye, Kaori Ito, Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, Mélanie Lomoff, Romeu Runa, Rosalba Torres Guerrero, Ross McCormack / Dramaturgie : Hildegard De Vuyst / Éclairage : Carlo Bourguignon / Costumes : Dorine Demuynck / Son et musique électronique : Sam Serruys / Régisseur son : Bart Uyttersprot / / Directrice de production : Valerie Desmet
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Production : laGeste (les ballets C de la B + kabinet k) / Coproduction : Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Le Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, TorinoDanza, Sadler’s Wells, Stadsschouwburg Groningen, Tanzkongress 2009 - Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Kaaitheater, Wiener Festwochen / Aide : Autorités flamandes, Ville de Gand / Remerciements : Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Farah Saleh, Quan Bui Ngoc, Juliana Neves, Fabrizio Cassol, Isnel Da Silveira, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Toneelgroep Ceremonia