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.
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 In this loose adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma, they play with the idea of unsympathetic characters, outdated ideas and uncomfortable silences in the theater.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 […]
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 […]
Press A to Start is a dance performance inspired by nostalgic and contemporary video games. With her five dancers, Jolien Baeyens explores the intriguing soundscapes and impressive 3D landscapes from the virtual game world. They explore, fight, achieve higher levels and endure the necessary bugs and glitches. Jolien Baeyens (she/her) is a master’s student in […]
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 […]
What does identity consist of? How is it built up, broken down, preserved, changed and transferred? How do you form a new identity from a multitude of cultures, backgrounds and nationalities? What influence does the environment have on this? Seeking answers, Farida engaged in conversation with individuals from diverse (migration) backgrounds and different socioeconomic positions. […]
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).
How we look affects how we experience the world. Attractive people are often treated better in our society, but pretty privilege also has a downside. In the three-part dance solo The Ethereal Paradox, Zoë Chungong explores the meaning of beauty. In her triptych, Zoë outlines different ways a woman presents or deploys her body: three […]
OUT LOUD is a process based creative crew made up of multidisciplinary artists. Starting from rhythm and improvisation, they explore the fluidity between different art forms. They bring together experimental music, performance, visual arts and video in the melting pot called theater. Vocals & Creative Direction: reinier – Bass: Yohan Calvo (Le Projet Insecte) – […]
Textile Tales is the translation of Joana Rossi’s research into the social fabric. How are we connected to each other? What threads are stretched between the individual and the social context? What relationships, what vibrations are there between individual and society? Textiles are so intertwined with humanity that our relationship with them is natural. We […]
Is one life enough to be whole again? is an interdisciplinary performance by Aya Sabi that transcends theater walls. The narratological conflict is the paradox between rationality and irrationality. An ode to irrationality, this performance becomes a sensory experience. Sense is emphasized through cooking. Shams (main character) chooses cooking because cooking is the language of […]
“Hottentottententententoonstelling” may sound like a funny tongue twister. The word refers to the Khoikhoi, also known as the Hottentots, an indigenous people in South Africa. This designation, originally used by Dutch settlers and inspired by the dance rituals of the Khoikhoi, is now seen as a derogatory term that mocks the culture and identity of […]
