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.
As a palestinian actor in the role of Shylock, the Jewish merchant, Ajlouni wonders what it is like to play this role after 20 years. What did the death of Yasser Arafat mean for the Palestinian cause and how does he now view this leader who was supposed to liberate Palestine?
Sefora Sam, also known as “Sesa,” is a spoken word poet, author and performer, from Antwerp. Sesa draws inspiration from life’s small and big moments. She is known for her sincere, vulnerable and brutally honest introspection through poetry. Her superpower transforms heartbreak, insecurity and childhood trauma into love, growth and self-acceptance.
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?
Imagine waking up in an unfamiliar room with no recollection of how you got there. Slowly the panic and fear set in, as you notice blood stains on your clothes and an eerie text message. As various scenarios flash through your mind, you desperately try to piece together the events that led you to this moment
Enter Pablo Correa’s universe as a writer, creator and player. In Monosapiens, Correa treats the audience, in a simple scenography, to 2 monologues plus the energetic power of the narrator.
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.
Ping-Hsiang Wang is a Berlin-based theater director from Taiwan. His signature aesthetic focuses on transforming normal everyday landscapes into fantastic digital realities. His work presents narrative as a full sensory experience and combines multiple performative elements using text, sound, movement, live streaming video, objects, documents and scenography.
SARA MANUBENS is an artist, choreographer and transvestite in Barcelona. She has an MA in Performing Arts Practice and Visual Culture (Museo Reina Sofía, ARTEA). Her work moves between site-specific, performance and dance and focuses on trans-bodiedness and its impact on reality. She has been developing her own creative processes since 2015.
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.
Those languages, representing Omar and me, I want to resonate as intellectual and artistic means of expression that transcend folklore. This piece will be an encounter between Omar, our languages, a part of my identity and us. With Omar ibn Saïd et nous, Hafsa Aqqal sets out on a journey grafted onto the life story […]
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.
Yaye Daro, which means mother Daro in Wolof, is a multidisciplinary artist with Senegalese, Frisian and Belgian roots, whose practice revolves around frequencies and shaping them.
Although music and sound form the core of his creative output, he is deeply interested in – and influenced by – all kinds of frequencies, for example: light, colors, bodily frequencies, but also smells (does it also see frequencies?).
In his work, he tries to find out what they mean.
How they influence us.
How different kinds of frequencies influence each other, and mainly how they result in virtuous circles/cycles.
