A Wave - Zoë Demoustier

Dance heritage as fertile ground for endless playful creativity From the triangular relationship between Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp emerges in the 1980s a generation of radical dance innovators. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus, Marc Vanrunxt, Alain Platel, Jan Fabre and many others gradually make their way into Belgian theatres with their unconventional productions. In no time they also flood the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. That 'Flemish Wave' has profoundly influenced how we look and dance, it turns out now, some forty years later. In A Wave, choreographer Zoë Demoustier takes stock. With about fifteen dancers – from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, supplemented by young performers, a dancer from Platform K and iconic dancers who created the pieces of yesteryear – she deconstructs monumental scenes from the 1980s and 1990s with an eye to the future. Together they explore what needs to be passed on and what could use an update. But above all: how references can be not a straitjacket but a source of dance pleasure and – who knows – a new wave.