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HOLDERS
How ageing bodies carry memories
HOLDERS is an immersive performance that delves into the ageing body’s capacity to hold memory. Set within a dynamic textile installation – a visual metaphor for the memory – the piece brings the process of remembering and forgetting to life. At its core are five 65+ women, non-professional performers but the ‘holders’ of this fragile yet powerful space. As they knit and unravel its fabric, they whisper, sing, and scream the stories woven within it.
Like modern-day Sirens, they navigate this textile vessel, steering through moments of wonder and unease. With their raw authenticity and disarming presence, they draw the audience into a shared journey of connection and collective remembrance, blurring the line between observer and participant.
concept, choreography & visual direction Francesca Chiodi Latini textile and spatial advisory & costume design Miguel Peñaranda Olmeda performance Maria Fernanda Aguiar de Arêde, Giovanna Romagnolo, Jeannine Titeca, Joske Vander Biest, Lief Weuts music Kris Vanderstraeten & Ruben Machtelinckx technical direction Tim Wouters production Vera Otte artistic advice Dan Mussett video Henri Ardui / studio orbit photos Boris Bruegel co-production C-takt, KAAP, workspacebrussels residencies deSingel, STUK supported by the Flemish Community and the City of Leuven
Relaxed performances?
This is a relaxed performance. Those are performances that loosen the classic rules of a theatre venue: fewer stimuli, subdued lighting, and an open atmosphere where it's perfectly okay to move or make sounds. This is how we aim to make our performances more accessible to a wider audience. You can read more about our relaxed performances and accessibility via this link.
CALL BODY OF WORK — RE:COLLECT
STUK IS LOOKING FOR YOUR DANCE MEMORIES!
Do you keep your tickets from memorable dance performances? After a great night of dancing, do you write something down? Do you still have programme booklets at home? A photo or poster on the wall? Is there a movement from a performance you can instantly recreate, or a scene that will stay with you forever?
We’re showcasing all your dance memories in the exhibition at Body of Work (25.04 — 13.05), our festival for living dance heritage. If you you have such a dance memory, register on this page and we will get in touch with you shortly.
After the performance HOLDERS on March 12 we also have a first meeting moment in STUKcafé: sit down with us, and we’ll take the time to carefully record your memory.
Location
Francesca Chiodi Latini - HOLDERS
Improvisation and textile meet in a search for an autonomous state of presence
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