Dec. 4 during WIPCOOP Gent at CAMPO Victoria, Aday Morales, Aminata Soumaré, Shivadas De Schrijver and Hannah Jamin Zaouad will each show a Work in Progress of up to 30 minutes.
Get ready for a day covering a wide range of themes including: relational and political power, dancing sounds and hushed rhythms, echoes of a sectarian past, the dark side of tourism, music once silenced and the power of memory.
Each presentation will be followed by a small-group discussion with some people from the arts sector. As an audience, during those breaks you will slide into the table with Joana Rossi to talk about the work on display or reflect on the work with Enrica Camporesi in the “in-between spaces.
During WIPCOOP, these creators offer a glimpse into their creative quest and the stories they want to tell.
What the WIP? WIPCOOP brings an annual Work In Progress program in a philosophy that focuses on collaboration and long-term commitments. The WIPCOOP days mark the start of development trajectories that many organizations are committed to working on together with MAP.
4 X WORK IN PROGRESS
04.12.2025 @ CAMPO VICTORIA I 09:30 – 16:30
Shivadas De Schrijver – Ballast
Ballast examines the impact of oppressive relationships and power structures – both political and relational. Shivadas De Schrijver starts from their own experience in a spiritual community, where devotion and manipulation came together.
The performance unfolds as a ritual of surrender and liberation, in a hushed scenography of rubber, light and sound. Every gesture, every touch, makes the tension between power, resistance and restoration palpable.
Concept and acting: Shivadas De Schrijver – Music: Jan D’Haene – Scenography: Jana Roos
About the creator
Shivadas De Schrijver (they/them) is a performance artist and videographer with a background in dance. Their work moves between image and movement, between surrender and observation. With Ballast, Shivadas takes another step in a series of investigative, physical performances around spirituality, power and liberation.
Hannah Jamin Zaouad – Hoe zeg je “kom terug”? (How do you say “come back”?)
A poetic documentary about the Rif – the land of Hannah’s ancestors – in which the encroaching tourist industry, migration and language are redrawing the region’s identity. How do you say “come back”? explores what home means, past and present, and how memory and displacement come together.
Through a multilingual lens of Dutch, French, Spanish, Darija and Tamazight, Hannah shows how collective and personal memories create a place even as the landscape is constantly changing.
Concept, text and acting: Hannah Jamin Zaouad – Coaching: Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere – Dramaturgy: Zindzi Tillot Owusu Leel-össy Stevens – With thanks to Gouvernement, Citylab/Pianofabriek, Ultima Vez – With support from the Flemish Government and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM / WIPCOOP
About the creator
Hannah Jamin Zaouad (they/them/he/him/she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels. Their work moves between poetry, documentary and theater, exploring themes of migration, intergenerational trauma and vulnerability. With projects such as Gent:Rification and the nomadic We Buildt This Festival, Hannah creates space for stories that often remain invisible. Hannah Jamin Zaouad won this year’s Roel Verniers Prize.
Aday Morales – Mencey Loco
In Mencey Loco, Aday Morales delves into Tenerife’s forgotten history. Inspired by the once-censored album La Cantata del Mencey Loco, he dances the last revolt of the Guanches – the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands – against Spanish colonial rule.
Aday interweaves these historical echoes with contemporary questions about mass tourism and cultural alienation. His work explores resistance and recovery, and how identity and collective memory can resonate powerfully in a globalized world.
Concept, choreography and dance: Aday Morales – Coach: Ido Batash – With support from MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM / WIPCOOP – Thanks to: CAMPO
About the creator
Aday Morales (he/him) is a multidisciplinary dancer and maker from the Canary Islands, recently based in Ghent. With a background in hip-hop, krump and contemporary dance, he develops a unique movement style that combines storytelling, rhythm and social reflection. His work explores identity, colonial legacies and the impact of globalization on local communities. Aday Morales was one of this year’s candidates for the Roel Verniers Prize.
Aminata Soumaré – VOI(X)E
VOI(X)E is an intuitive dance performance in which breath, voice and rhythm dialogue with each other. Four dancers explore the boundary between chaos and calm, body and voice, rhythm and groove.
Aminata Soumaré moves between hip-hop, sound and poetry, exploring how body and voice can collectively resonate. Her work invites intimacy and reflection and highlights how movement and sound connect social and personal stories.
Concept and choreography: Aminata Soumaré – Dancers: Aminata Soumaré, Abir Gharbi, Maïté Huizenga & Ines Mendoza – With support from MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM / WIPCOOP. Met dank aan: Ultima Vez, Citylab/Pianofabriek
About the creator
Aminata Soumaré (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Ghent with Malian roots. She tells stories through words, voices and experiences that translate her own gaze. Active in both the hip-hop scene and the audio world, she explores how sound and movement reinforce each other. In 2024 Aminata was nominated for the NTR Podcast Prize with LINGO and in 2025 she won two awards at the Freestyle Lab Festival with her solo performance Bare Feet.
Wednesday, December 4 – CAMPO Victoria, Fratersplein 7, 9000 Ghent – 9h30 – 16h30
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