Audition for the reprise of Co(te)lette
WArd/waRD – Ann Van den Broek is organising a last-minute audition round for the reprise of Co(te)lette, which won the Swan Award for the most impressive dance production of the season in 2008. We are looking for two professional female performers/dancers who are highly motivated, have an eye for detail, a sense of rhythm and are enthusiastic about exploring and studying Ann Van den Broek her detailed and analytical movement language.
The deadline to respond is January 7th.
Play
Jumping rope, making up dance moves in front of the mirror, building your own world out of Lego or blocks. In chaos of the present, Play brings you back to the child within. This performance explores imagination as refuge, as necessity, as a way to gain control over what is larger than ourselves.
An ode to imagination and an invitation to dare to play again.
echo_re_echo
What unites us and what separates us? And how does the distance between the two affect our relationships? In echo_re_echo choreographer Ann Van den Broek and singer Gregory Frateur explore the attraction and distance between their personal and artistic identity to allow it to resonate with power and vulnerability. Together they take to the stage, along with musician Nicolas Rombouts and two dancers/performers.
“echo_re_echo is a clash of worlds: the raw dance of Ann Van den Broek – finally back on stage herself – versus the melancholic alternative pop of Gregory Frateur (Dez Mona).” (Trouw ★★★★)
Ann Van den Broek
Human behavior patterns, states of mind, and impressions that sprout from confrontations with different living environments are the principal sources of inspiration for Ann Van den Broek. With every new creative process she looks inside herself and tries to comprehend the emotions and the behavior patterns that fascinate her. Then she looks around me and get information from things she sees happening in other people’s lives.
Furthermore, Van den Broek is inspired by contemporary society: a sign of the times, a recent phenomenon or a universal motif. In that sense, her work is also a critical reaction or rebelling against things that go unquestioned, are ignored or are generally assumed to be the norm.
WArd/waRD
A big part of Ann Van den Broek’s artistic vision can be found in the name of her company. The meaning of ‘ward’, according to the dictionary, reads as follows:
1) the act of guarding; the state of being under guard;
2) guardianship, being under control of a guardian;
3) a means of defense or protection;
4) a division of a jail or prison, or of a hospital;
5) a district or division of a city or town;
6) to fend off, parry;
7) to keep watch over, guard, protect.
In short, in relation to the organization, it is a place where it is safe to congregate and work.