The last stop of this season… This was WIPCOOP Ghent 2024 ⚡️ @ De Kazematten with NTGent – a beautiful photo essay by Victoriano Moreno. On Dec. 5, Gökhan Kizilbuga, Hilair Libobu Francisco, Valeria Saija & Nicolas Vladyslav and Purni Morell & Maria Dafneros each presented 30 minutes of their works-in-progress. Between these – […]
Es Kamen Menschen An intimately and visually explores the lives of guest workers. With personal stories, historical facts and projections, Gökhan Kizilbuga portrays the harsh reality of this existence far from home: loneliness, bleakness and isolation. The performance is not only an artistic representation, but also a social document that highlights the valuable contribution of […]
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? […]
In a world where everyone has to keep up and everything is supposed to be perfect, it becomes increasingly difficult to be vulnerable. People struggling with mental challenges often go unheard or experience a high barrier to talking about them. Hilair’s World breaks this silence with a personal monologue on mental well-being, based on the […]
Maria (Australia/Leuven) and Purni (UK/Antwerp) explore what is and is not allowed on stage. Can a woman say what she really thinks? Or only what the public likes to hear? In this loose adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma, they play with the idea of unsympathetic characters, outdated ideas and uncomfortable silences in the theater. This is […]
WIPCOOP is a great opportunity for the arts sector and the public to get a glimpse of what is brewing and developing in new artistic creations in the performing arts! Join the ride! Dec. 5 at De Kazematten, 4 artists will show where they stand with the development of their new creations.
What do you get from your ancestors?
What do you want to pass on to the next generation or not?
And how much influence do you have on that?
ERF is a performance about motherhood and inheritance in which Helena Elshout searches for inherited stories and her own words.
A hip-hop ritual that creates space for the anger, fear, mourning, celebration and hope that comes with the loss of an old world and the welcoming of an unknown future. A bizarre musical mix of hip-hop mantras, slam choruses, screeching guitars, banging drums and freestyle prophecies.
