JOIN US and get to know what is buzzing and developing new stage creations in our cities! This edition hosts KVS (26 & 27.10) WORK IN PROGRESS by Désirée Cerocien, Eli Mathieu-Bustos, Lorena Spindler, Alex Masgutov, Naïm Belhaloumi and Emiliano Cedillo, Arenberg (08 & 09.11) WORK IN PROGRESS by Ivan Emanuel Rodrigues Farinha, Louai Hashem, […]
ROOTS IN ROUTES a musical journey about the connection between Congolese and Cuban Rumba music ism Enrique Noviello (Bandoneon & Saxophone, Murga) and Yodi Omankoy (musician, specialist Bantu music). An examination of the journey of instruments and the evolution of rhythms through continents and centuries. Pics by Victoriano Moreno MY HOUSE a dance performance about […]
May 5, 2022, wpZimmer. Nina Plantefève-Castryck Alex Akuete invited us to CIRCUIT, a musical installation in which you compose together the music you hear. During this residency, Nina and Alex explored different participatory methods, materials and forms for the musical experience installation. Later in the afternoon, Ayham Qomoqgave gave us a mind map and a […]
In March, Anna Borodikhina & Nela Deleu gave audiences at Rataplan a unique look at the monologues they are in the process of developing. This Wipcoop Sessions we delved into the lives of 2 women who, each at a different time in their lives, made a fresh start. One left her homeland at a young […]
JOIN US March 31, 2022 in Mechelen! This edition, De Maan hosts Work In Progress by artists from the Mechelen scene. Get to know Zach Swagga & Junior Akwety, Amina Iddrisu & Nora Gabrovska – Josse De Broeck – Ana Lekše – Noémie Saintandré (Bad Choices: a collective of circus artists and musicians) who will […]
Take a moment to grab your calendar for this series of #savethedates featuring newly discovered stage creations for children, youth, families and friends CIRCUIT and PL3MONS at Foul Play Storm On Coming – Festival Sunday, March 6 >> Try – Out CIRCUIT + PL3M0NS – installation, The TU1N D3r PRUTS3N C-Mine, Genk Sunday, March 27 […]
Tell a little more about yourselves. Doris: “I am a professional dancer in different styles, such as urban, hip hop and house. Simply, it all started in 2010 together with my sister, Nathalie. We are real adventurers and love to travel so we went to New York with a huge enthusiasm to check out the […]
Junior Akwety combines 3 researches in 1 residency program. From 07.02 in Rataplan he dives deeper into different disciplines and projects! He will work on a dance project, a historical music project and a participatory theater project for and by young people. MY HOUSE is a dance performance about house music and culture ism Zach […]
Jan. 24, wp Zimmer welcomes Alex Akuete and Nina Plantefève Castryck for a residency around an artistic research they started in the framework of Antwerp Bijou/Fameus with the working title ESSENCE. They presented a Work In Progress during Love at First Sight at HETPALEIS (Sept ’21). In 2022, they will continue this research – under […]
For the 5th year in a row, Thassos has partnered with Mestizo Arts Platform to help support the distribution of #WIPCOOP performances. Together we organized a prospecting day on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, featuring work that Thassos is including in its offerings this year, pitches of projects from the WIPCOOPpool and conversations with creators […]
Take a look at the work of the artists who presented a Work In Progress at the Kaaistudio’s, Arenberg and NTGent Minnemeers during WIPCOOP 2021. In March, we land in Mechelen for a spring edition with new Work In Progress! WIPCOOP = MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM + ARENBERG, KVS, KUNSTZ, CAMPO, KAAITHEATER, TONEELHUIS, RATAPLAN, MARTHA!TENTATIEF, PLAY, […]
A review of SUBALTERNAS, a shared residency at MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM and KVS The LASTESIS Collective (Chile) collaborated with artists: Maryam K. Hedayat, Lucila Guichón and Jennifer Baez Matos. Together they zoomed in on the theme of subalternity (a state of subordination brought about by colonization or other forms of economic, social, racial, linguistic and/or […]
