WIPCOOP ANTWERPEN Paula Kopczyk, Manu Moreau, Prince K. Appiah, Mohanad Mukhtar, Hüseyin Umaysiz, Roxette Chikua, Junior Akwety and artist collective e-c-h-e-l-o-n are showing up to 30 minutes of their Work In Progress at Arenberg during WIPCOOP Antwerp. Afterwards, they will enter into a dialogue with about 10 professionals about the further development of their work.
4 x Work In Progress – 12.11 @ Arenberg
Paula Kopczyk – Survival in a Belgian town according to coach Paula K is a story about a Polish woman who has not lived in Belgium for very long. Soon, despite her good intentions, she finds herself in trouble. The way she handles that is surprising. Regardless of adversity, she has no problem with the world at all. The world does have problems with her. Credits: text and play: Paula Kopczyk / coach: Bart Van Nuffelen – With the support of MARTHA!TENTATIEF.
Manu Moreau – [kni’bo] “I’ve learned the most from all of the things you couldn’t teach me.” Manu wants to become a father, but he is almost 40 and single. With his drive for parenthood also comes the question of who he wants to be as a father. A monologue about a man who has had to find his own way with humor as a shield. Credits: text and play: Manu Moreau / coach: Jaouad Alloul – With the support of BeHuman.
Prince K. Appiah – THE BENCH “Can a man be its own biggest enemy? Can a drive for something be so big that the car never starts moving in the first place?” Coincidental encounters on a bench turn out to be not so random after all. THE BENCH is a performance about the complexities and trials of being an artist. Credits: text and direction: Prince K. Appiah / acting: Prince K. Appiah, Daniel Djissenou, Gloria Abena Biney, Fadil Siraj Cole.
Mohanad Mukhtar – Happy B-Day is a children’s performance/installation about a boy celebrating his birthday for the first time in his life. This first time, unfortunately, he celebrates alone. The boy is very curious but also nervous about the party. How do you prepare for a birthday party? Especially, how do you do it, without parents and family around you. Because everyone was left behind in Baghdad. Credits: play and concept: Mohanad Mukhtar / coach: Nyiragasigwa Hens / scenography: Lize Blauw / music: Jan D’Haene – A production of BeHuman. With the support of Walpurgis, Fund For Talent Development/Fameus and Rataplan.
4 x Work In Progress – 13.11 @ Arenberg
Roxette Chikua – Carpe Diem “L’amour est compliqué” What is the right relationship? How do you recognize the true one? Carpe Diem “L’amour est compliqué” is a dance performance about the process in the search for love. A dance performance in an afro-futuristic atmosphere, about the triangle: us, me and the other – placed in the(mathematical) Fibonacci series and inspired by the dance theory of Anne Theresa De Keersmaeker: repetition, tempo, time and circular movements. Credits: concept and dance: Roxette Chikua / scenography: Steven Brys and Mario Leko / technique: Louai Hashem / costume: Amber Saegers / sound: Alec De Bruyne / coaching choreography: Tijen Lawton / coaching: Duraid Abbas Gaieb / mentor: Greet Vissers, kunstZ.
Junior Akwety – My House (working title) In My House, Junior Akwety creates committed, simple yet exciting choreography through music and dance that conveys dedicated artists’ love of the arts. Mixing house and dance with influences from Malian jazz and blues, he tells a passionate story, starting from a desire for expression and a look to the past. Junior Akwety is a singer, musician and producer who found a new language and challenge in acting through projects such as Rumble in da Jungle and L’Homme de la Mancha. Credits: concept and music: Junior Akwety / choreo: Zachée Ntambwe Kadinda. A production of Maisha asbl.
Hüseyin Umaysiz – Sad Birds Pavilion based on Bahtiyar Ali’ s novel of the same name – takes you back to the past as well as the present. Sad Birds Pavilion follows the traces of a traditional Kurdish narrative and the musical beauty of the Kurdish language in a contemporary new form of expression. Stories of the present intertwine with the past. A journey in scents, sounds, time, colors, songs and body. Looking for lost tracks. Without fear. What makes us us? Credits: author: Bahtiyar Ali / screenplay: Alan Ciwan, Huseyin Umaysiz / concept and direction: Huseyin Umaysiz / performers: Alan Ciwan, Heja Turk / dramaturgy: Mesut Arslan / image consultant: Savas Boyraz / voice: Huseyin Umaysiz / photo: Savaş Boyraz, Alan Ciwan / production: Theater Antract / co-production: Ban Theater, Tatwerk Berlin, Platform 0090
e-c-h-e-l-o-n – Bliss In view of the unspeakable, e-c-h-e-l-o-n strives to grow in order to continuously learn about the environment and oneself through play. Their new creation Bliss translates the inner world of Rose, who finds herself in an inevitable winter of her life, through a kaleidoscope of impressions. Credits: A production of e-c-h-e-l-o-n. With the support of South Pole, kunstZ, MT Transparent, Rataplan and Arenberg.
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Given limited capacity, we are targeting professionals and it is recommended that you make reservations for the Work In PROGRESS at mulanga@mestizoartsplatform.be.
MAP’S W I P C O O P = ARENBERG, KVS, KUNSTZ, CAMPO, VICTORIA DELUXE, TONEELHUIS, KAVKA, MARTHA!TENTATIEF, DE CENTRALE, DETHEATERMAKER, MADAM FORTUNA, NTGENT, KOPERGIETERY, FAMEUS, 0090, WPZIMMER, ARSENAAL/LAZARUS, AFDELING KUNST CULTUUR MECHELEN (CC MECHELEN, H30, ARTENOVA, BIB) I.S.M. KAAITHEATER, OC NOVA, BE HUMAN, LET’S GO URBAN, PIANOFABRIEK/CITYLAB, SPREEKUUR (PODIUMKUNSTEN), RATAPLAN, KUNSTENPUNT, REKTO:VERSO, THEATERFESTIVAL, GLOBE AROMA, THEATER AAN ZEE, LEZARTS URBAINS, FABULEUS, WORKSPACEBRUSSELS, TRANSFO COLLECT, VOORUIT, BIJ DE VIEZE GASTEN, ZINNEMA, DANSPUNT, THASSOS, SOCHA, KC NONA, DE MAAN, REKTO:VERSO, ETCETERA AMPLO / WITH SUPPORT FROM: VLAAMSE GEMEENSCHAP
