Artists

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.

 

Sanae Jamaï

il était un foie. In her one-woman show, Sanae Jamaï takes you on an intimate journey through her inner world, where illness is not an enemy, but a life partner. Through word and dance, she gives voice to silence, loneliness and the strength that lies in vulnerability. With humor and honesty, she breaks taboos around […]

Lois Lumonga Brochez

In An Exercise in Acknowledgement: The Black Hermit, named after the play by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Lois Lumonga Brochez takes you on a personal search for Isaiah Pulania Lukanganyma, her Zambian grandfather whom she never knew. Inspired by the oral storytelling traditions of the Bemba and Kaonde cultures, she revives a lost archive through voice, […]

Denise Duncan

MY HAIR, MY TERRITORY (working title) This theatrical exploration delves into the complex meanings of afro hair as a social, personal and political statement. Using a collection of personal photo archives, this project explores how afro hair shapes and reflects identity, and how it reveals our relationship to that identity. Afro hair is more than […]

Chipo Sikumba

Zunda iLanga is a theatrical journey that brings African oral tradition to the stage. In the sacred land of Zunda, Anansi, the weaving spider, tries not to get caught in a trap he set himself. Through stories that blur the line between fact and fantasy, we travel through time – where past and present are […]

Gwendalyne van Erp & Deniz Polatoğlu

Polly & Esther is a black musical thriller comedy full of absurd humor, suspense and tragedy. Two half-sisters, both caught in their own rules and fears, care for their paralyzed father. With bathroom music and intercom dialogues, Gwendalyne and Deniz bring a story about isolation, control and the thin line between care and suffocation. A […]

Zilan Nergiz Arsu, Bora Nura & Eden Anastasia Emlek

In their first collaborative work Where figs don’t grow, Zilan, Bora and Eden bring the story of three women who each come from a different place and meet at the same time. Their otherness connects them, but their unique backgrounds also set them apart. The performance unfolds the layering of the afterglow of saying goodbye […]

Nastasya Kharitonova

With monologue of angerNastasya Kharitonova presents a monologue of pain and anger, horror that her eyes saw. Every word counts. The performance consists of one text that she reads twice. In English and Ukrainian. Concept, text and performance: Nastasya Kharitonova – With the support of Globe Aroma and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM/WIPCOOP. Nastasya Kharitonova (she/her) is […]

Francisco Libobu-Hilair

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 Dafneros & Purni Morell

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 […]

Saloua Hassani

How much can you continue to give as a mother? Is it even possible to love a child unconditionally, or do you ask/expect something in return as a mother? Ga je weg. (Working title) is about the unconditional love between a mother and her child. The performance highlights the difficult situations between the two but […]

Nata Mandaria

In moederwittevrouwen თეთრი დედა ქალები, Nata Mandaria plays with the social image of women. The moederwittevrouw is a pure young housewife who serves her husband and raises her child. She is everything the patriarchy expects of her, and nothing more than that. The condescending Georgian term: ‘დედა ქალი’ refers to young girls who serve the […]

Anastassya Savitsky

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).

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