Every WIPCOOP edition there are new artists who participate. Here you will find an overview of all artists who have participated since 2009. Since 2019, each of them gets a page. On it you will find information about who they are and which performance they presented as a work in progress (and possibly further realized or will realize later), as well as photos of this. Do you want to know more about an artist, or do you need their contact information? Send us an email.
S O B R A N (Leftover. Surplus. Plenty) departs from an examination of movement and composition. Anchored in cumbia dance and gatherings, the piece focuses on popular street culture: Sonidero, a Mexican self-organized space for cumbia street dance in Mexico City. The goal is to discover how we use this as a new narrative […]
RÊVE is a physical dance duo to make the audience pause for a moment, step back and reflect: be still and discover the world in and around you. It is a look back at your true self: what made you who you are today and how did the world and your origins help shape it? […]
Press A to Start is a dance performance inspired by nostalgic and contemporary video games. With her five dancers, Jolien Baeyens explores the intriguing soundscapes and impressive 3D landscapes from the virtual game world. They explore, fight, achieve higher levels and endure the necessary bugs and glitches. Jolien Baeyens (she/her) is a master’s student in […]
Anastassya Savitsky (she/her) graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Since then she worked mainly as a dancer and creator in the children’s and youth circuit (Theater FroeFroe, HETPALEIS, solo Dinska Bronska MartHa!tentatief – selected for the Theater Festival 2014).
How we look affects how we experience the world. Attractive people are often treated better in our society, but pretty privilege also has a downside. In the three-part dance solo The Ethereal Paradox, Zoë Chungong explores the meaning of beauty. In her triptych, Zoë outlines different ways a woman presents or deploys her body: three […]
When one is unable to bid farewell to a loved one, this is a proposal full of sentimentality, nostalgia and liberation.
Tamayo Okano put her ear to the ground of women who are often burdened with caregiving responsibilities. Her own experiences, as well as through those of her mother and grandmother, inspired her. These voices, present in all generations and cultures, are often overlooked. Tamayo wants to regain her sense of self. That was buried under social roles that kept her from seeing and feeling herself. ‘What does it mean to take care of myself? How can we stand our ground?
Melisa Diktas is a mover of Kurdish/Indonesian descent. After graduation, she began working as a dancer on the commercial circuit 7 years ago. Meanwhile, she danced for various events and productions, choreographed TV shows and music videos, and worked in theaters.
Nabil Ennassouh is a self-taught mover interested in urban dance styles and with rhythmic roots in North Africa through his background. In his artistic practice, he questions possible positions of bodies, their emancipation, their legitimacy and their vulnerabilities.
Justine Theizen is a 25-year-old dancer, choreographer and hip-hop artist. She trained first in hip-hop for several years and then in krump for 3 years. She grew up in an urban culture, with battles, choreographic competitions and music videos.
Anna Karenina Lambrechts is a dancer from Leuven, Belgium.
Since graduating from Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Tilburg /NL), she has been mainly active professionally in Brussels.
In 2017, she started at Anton Lachky Company and collaborated in three productions: Cartoon, Family Journey and Ludum.
At Ultima Vez, she can be seen in: Go Figure Out Yourself, Traces, Hands Do Not Touch Your Precious Me and Scattered Memories.
From 2021, she will be looking into her own work and delving into Krumping.
Her first solo performance The Sensual Side explores the multiple layers of personality.
Jarne VAN Perck and Cynthia VERpoorten together form collective VanVer.
For their artistic practice, VanVer explores everyday issues such as death, language or intimacy and what they can mean in the field of dance.
