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.
Agni Kai is a glowing choreography about inner struggle and liberation. Inspired by the fire duel from the world of Avatar, Zoë brings an intense dialogue between mastery and surrender. In a charged play of strength and vulnerability, the dancers search for who they should be and, more importantly, who they want to become. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
What happens when someone you put on a pedestal begins to dominate you? And what if it all explodes? So what do you carry with you – and what do you leave behind? Inspired by Shivadas’ childhood with a spiritual leader, in which devotion opened a door to manipulation, Ballast explores the impact of oppressive […]
VOI(X)E is a raw and intuïtive dance performance in which movement and sound dialogue with each other – breathing becomes groove, groove becomes voice and voice becomes rhythm. Four dancers – Aminata Soumaré, Abir Gharbi, Maïté Huizenga & Ines Mendoza – explore the fields of tension between chaos and calm, voice and body, rhythm and […]
In Mencey Loco, Aday delves into the forgotten histories of his island, Tenerife. Inspired by La Cantata del Mencey Loco, the once-censored album by Los Sabandeños, he dances the story of the last revolt of the Guanches – the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands – against Spanish colonial rule. But the struggle is not […]
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 […]
In For the last time, give me your eyes Yvette Poumpalova weaves poetry, performance and dance into a ritualistic search for homecoming and connection. She departs from the Bulgarian Kuker tradition* and seeks footing in heritage that both comforts and carries weight. With costumes, ritual bell sounds and conjuring movements, she explores the power of […]
In Spiegel , Kaspy interweaves music, visual art and dance into a poetic, multidisciplinary narrative. He drew hundreds of portraits of friends, family and strangers – a ritual of attention and presence. Each portrait brought him closer to the other, but also to himself. On se voit dans le reflet de l’autre. An intimate, almost […]
That Works // Ǫue funcione is a participatory research project in which Lucía Giannoni works with LGBTǪ+ communities and resistance groups outside the mainstream in search of new forms of coexistence. The audience is invited to actively participate in a playful and sensory journey of discovery filled with interactive games and immersive choreographic structures. Together […]
Ana Luz Ormazábal is a director, stage researcher, playwright and academic at Universidad Valparaíso, UNIACC and Universidad Católica. She is founder and artistic director of the collective ANTIMÉTODO op, with which she performed and directed productions such as Concierto, Agnetha Kurtz Roca Method, Ópera, Al Pacinoen María Isabel. With ANTIMÉTODO, Ana Luz was invited to […]
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 […]
