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Torment of Hearts

Residencies

  • 21.10 > 25.10.2024

dif­fe­rent mani­fe­sta­ti­ons of loneliness

A few years ago, Femke Gyselinck was intro­du­ced to Bach’s ​‘dia­lo­gue can­ta­tas’. Johann Sebastian Bach is as baro­que as it gets. In his oeu­vre, the dia­lo­gue can­ta­tas occu­py a spe­ci­al pla­ce, a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear hea­ven and earth in conversation.

Femke and B’Rock Orchestra deci­ded to think out­si­de the box: What other music could they add? From which peri­od? Contemporary as well? What dan­ce lan­gu­a­ge could they use? What, if any, is the over­ar­ching theme?

The result is Torment of Hearts, in which three dan­cers, two sin­gers and an ensem­ble of seven musi­cians give sha­pe to dif­fe­rent mani­fe­sta­ti­ons of lone­li­ness trig­ge­red by four pie­ces of music from three dif­fe­rent centuries.

The the­me of the searching soul from Bach’s dia­lo­gue can­ta­ta Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (1726) is also found in the song An die Einsamkeit (1717) by his con­tem­po­ra­ry Johann Philipp Krieger.
We lea­ve the world of ear­ly music with the song Ich bin der Welt abhan­den gekom­men (1901) from Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Finally, we land in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry with new music writ­ten spe­ci­al­ly for this pro­duc­ti­on by composer/​keyboard play­er Hendrik Lasure.
All this music will be per­for­med by B’Rock Orchestra with Cecilia Bernardini on vio­lin and sin­gers Jonathon Adams & Deborah Cachet.


Choreography: Femke Gyselinck I Dance: Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Femke Gyselinck, Thomas Vantuycom I Costumes: Nel Maertens in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Woche (Clarisse Bruynbroeck) I Scenography: Aslı Çiçek I Lights: Elke Verachtert I Sound: Milan Van Doren I Technician on tour and exe­cu­ti­on sce­no­grap­hy: Jan Lettany I Dance dra­ma­tur­gy: Steven Michel I Music con­cept: Femke Gyselinck, Jan Van den Borre I Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Philipp Krieger, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Lasure I Ensemble B’Rock Orchestra: Cecilia Bernardini (vio­lin and artis­tic direc­ti­on), Nele Vertommen (oboe), Deborah Cachet and Jonathon Adams (voca­lists), Sara DeCorso (vio­lin), Raquel Massadas (vio­la), Julien Barre (cel­lo), Tom Devaere (dou­ble bass), Guy Penson (harp­si­chord & organ) I Production: GRIP & B’Rock Orchestra (Sharon Buffel, Claire Desmedt, Hanne Doms, Albert Edelman, Anneleen Hermans, Laurent Langlois, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Aglaja Thiesen, Davina Van Belle, Toon Vannieuwenhuyse, Nele Verreyken)I International dis­tri­bu­ti­on: A pro­pic — Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent I Coproduction: Concertgebouw Brugge / Dans in Brugge, STUK, Perpodium I Residencies: KLAP mai­son de la dan­se Marseille, Concertgebouw Brugge and Cultuurcentrum / Dans in Brugge, P.A.R.T.S, KWP Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum Nona, Rosas Performance Space, GC De Kriekelaar, Kunstencentrum Buda, Workspace Brussels – Studio Les Brigittines, CAMPO I Thanks to Monty, Rataplan I With the finan­ci­al sup­port of the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest, European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists — EFFEA.