Augusto Pedraza presented 30 minutes from his work in progress: Hello Schatje, Adios Amour, during WIPCOOP 2023 in STUK and KVS. In Brussels, he met WIPCOOP partners from Barcelona, including the colleagues of Nau Ivanow. This acquaintance developed into one of the opportunities to take further steps in the development of the work. This was […]
In our imaginary world of neoliberal “freedom,” we are all held captive to some degree. But who or what is causing this?
A look back at a special edition of Work In Progress at KVS! With an image report by photographer Victoriano Moreno. Oct. 19 & 20, Justine Theizen, Nabil Ennassouh, Hafsa Aqqal, Augusto Pedraza, Eyas Almokdad, Sara Manubens & Ves Liberta (Barcelona), Wang Ping – Hsiang (Berlin) and Melisa Diktas (Amsterdam) showed where they stand with […]
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
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.
WIPCOOP started with a BANG at KVS ! Enjoy this visual report by photographer Victoriano Moreno. And remember the names of the artists who did not leave the audience unmoved with their Work In Progress: Alex Masgutov, Emiliano Cedillo, Naïm Belhaloumi, Lorena Spindler, Eli Mathieu Bustos & Désirée Cerocién. During the breaks, the audience could […]
