THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 2.0
The American photographer Philippe Halsman said, “… when you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.” With THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER, Jan Martens used this statement as a starting point and revealed the person behind the dancer through the jump.
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Genre Dance
Language Language No Problem
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THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 2.0
In THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER, the dancer is defined as a pure performer, striving for perfection. By subjecting eight dancers to a complex, mathematical, dynamic, and exhausting choreography, performed in forced uniformity, they ultimately make mistakes. And then their mask falls off.
Through its radical choreographic form, THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER questioned the audience’s perception of dancers, choreographers, spectators, and the cultural policies of the time.
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Ten years later, these questions are still highly relevant due to current political and social trends: Where is the fine line between art and entertainment? Who are we as an audience when we watch the suffering of the dancers from the theater seats as if it were a bullfight in an arena? Is contemporary dance striptease for the upper class? THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER shifts the viewer's position: from merely experiencing the performance to active reflection.
Credits
choreography Jan Martens
artistic assistance Naomi Gibson
artistic assistance / coaching Steven Michel, Piet Defrancq
performers Pierre Bastin, Camilla Bundel, Jim Buskens, Zoë Chungong, Simon Lelièvre, Florence Lenon, Elisha Mercelina, Dan Mussett, Pierre Adrien Touret, Zora Westbroek, Maisie Woodford, Paolo Yao
original cast Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Nelle Hens, Julien Josse, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Laura Vanborm and/or Morgane Ribbens, Ilse Ghekiere, Victor Dumont, Connor Schumacher, Caspar Knops, Amerigo Delli Bove, Daniel Barkan
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dramaturgy Renée Copraij
costume styling Sofie Durnez
lighting design Jan Fedinger
tour technicians Jan Lettany, Michel Spang, Elke Verachtert, Nele Verreyken
graphic design Nick Mattan
production GRIP (Hanne Doms, Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Nele Verreyken) Maison de la Danse / European Centre for Creation
in support of the Lyon Biennale
with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
