echo_re_echo
What binds us and what pushes us away? And what does the distance between those two do to our relationships? In echo_re_echo, choreographer Ann Van den Broek and singer Gregory Frateur explore the attraction and distance between their personal and artistic identities, allowing them to resonate in strength and vulnerability.
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Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
echo_re_echo
echo_re_echo focuses on the resonance of each other's reality, mystery, and fantasy. In the form of echoes, a field of tension develops in which deep human emotions, frustrations, desires, and expectations are portrayed. Reflecting on the transformative time in which we live, where fluidity, identity, and physical reality compete for priority.
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echo_re_echo straddles the line between a concert and a dance performance, ranging from grand gestures to silence and intimacy, both monumental and small and personally crafted.
About Gregory Frateur
Gregory Frateur (BE) is renowned for his work with the Belgian band Dez Mona. Initially inspired by jazz, gospel, and spirituals, the band transitioned over the years to create their own distinctive contemporary pop sound. Frateur’s remarkable vocal style is a standout feature. He has collaborated with Ann Van den Broek for many years, composing music with Dez Mona for The Red Piece (2013), and lending his voice to The Black Piece (2014), where he was also featured on film. Accusations (2017) marked his first live performance as a performer on stage alongside Van den Broek. Frateur continues to be actively involved as a singer, performer, or rehearsal director in Van den Broek's productions to this day.
About Ann van den Broek
Since 2000, Ann Van den Broek has dedicated herself to the development of her choreographic work after an active and successful career as a dancer. During this time, she has been crafting her distinctive movement language and style. The Flemish choreographer creates unconventional and gripping performances, with human existence as her starting point. She transcends the boundaries between various artistic disciplines, embraces the unorthodox, and aims for a critical, direct, and intense dialogue with her audience.
Credits
concept and direction Ann Van den Broek and Gregory Frateur choreography Ann Van den Broek
actors and performers Ann Van den Broek, Gregory Frateur, Nicolas Rombouts and two WArd/waRD performers
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music and composition Nicolas Rombouts and Gregory Frateur
text Gregory Frateur
photographers Rio Staelens and Francis Vanhee
