Histoire(s) du Théâtre IV
Miet Warlop

Show
Musicians and dancers in One Song by Miet Warlop.
Choreographer
Miet Warlop
时长
60 min

In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting La Bâtie – Festival de Genève for the presentation of One Song by Miet Warlop.

The Festival begins with an adrenaline rush. In the starting blocks of this choreographic and athletic looping, we find a violinist, a bassist, a keyboardist, a drummer, a cheerleader, a singer, a coach and a song - One Song: “Knock knock / Who’s there? It’s your grief from the past… “

This grief that comes knocking at the door is that linked to the death of Miet Warlop’s brother. She consoled herself with a performance written in 2005 called Sportband / Afgetrainde Klanken. After Milo Rau, Faustin Linyekula and Angélica Liddell, Warlop was invited to direct a piece that would synthesize her entire body of work, as part of the series called Histoire(s) du théâtre. Miet Warlop reprises the form of this requiem. Surprising for a Flemish choreographer who has been wielding absurdist humor and burlesque in unclassifiable pieces for the past fifteen years? Not really. One Song is a metaphor for a gym that dissolves all grief through a ceremonial concert, where one dances themselves into a trance.

Photo: © Michiel Devijver

Five people singing with their hand on the heart
01 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver
Five fans on the bleachers
02 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver
A standing violinist looks forward
03 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver
Six people shouting on the bleachers. A man shouting in the front of of the stage, legs spread apart
04 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver
Six people shouting on the bleachers. A man shouting in the front of of the stage, legs spread apart
05 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver
Nine people sitting on the bleachers as if posing for a picture.
06 / 06 — One Song by Miet Warlop © Michiel Devijver

About the artist

Miet Warlop的肖像 © Ivan Put

Miet Warlop

Miet Warlop(生于1978年)是一位现于根特和布鲁塞尔往返生活的比利时艺术家。她拥有根特皇家艺术学院视觉艺术硕士学位。 2004年,她的毕业作品《Huilend Hert, Aangeschoten Wild》在奥斯坦德TAZ艺术节上获奖。此后继续创作了许多表演作品,包括2005年的《SPORTBAND / Afgetrainde Klanken》《Koester de Kersen》 。2009年,她首演了《Springville》,随后于2012年推出《Mystery Magnet》《Mystery Magnet》赢得多个奖项,目前仍在巡回演出中。2014年,Warlop创立了自己的舞团《Miet Warlop / Irene Wool》,并创作了《Dragging the Bone》。她于2016年首演了《Fruits of Labor》,随后又推出了许多其他备受欢迎的作品。她目前正埋首制作《DELIRIUM》,作品将于2025年春季上演。

照片:© Ivan Put