Torment of Hearts

STUK with 30CC

Evening waiting list

This performance is sold out, but we'll open a waiting list on the night of the performance. The list opens 1 hour before the start of the performance at our Reception. Drop by there or call us (016 14 66 80) and we'll write down your name. Right before the start of the performance, we start selling empty seats in the order of the waiting list. Tickets are not guaranteed, but it's worth the try!

A few years ago, Femke Gyselinck was introduced to Bach’s‘ dialogue cantatas. In his oeuvre, the dialogue cantatas occupy a special place, a rare opportunity to hear heaven and earth in conversation.

Femke and B’Rock Orchestra decided to think outside the box: What other music could they add? From which period? Contemporary as well? What dance language could they use? What, if any, is the overarching theme?

The result is Torment of Hearts, in which three dancers give shape to different manifestations of loneliness triggered by four pieces of music from three different centuries. The theme of the searching soul from Bach’s dialogue cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (1726) is also found in the song An die Einsamkeit (1717) by his contemporary Johann Philipp Krieger. Besides those songs we also hear Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901) from Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and a new composition of composer/keyboard player Hendrik Lasure. The music will be recorded by B’Rock Orchestra with Cecilia Bernardini on violin and singers Jonathon Adams and Deborah Cachet.

CREDITS

MUSIC CONCEPT Femke Gyselinck, Jan Van den Borre CHOREOGRAPHY Femke Gyselinck DANCE Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Femke Gyselinck, Thomas Vantuycom MUSIC Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Philipp Krieger, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Lasure B’ROCK ORCHESTRA Cecilia Bernardini: violin and artistic direction, Nele Vertommen: oboe, Jonathon Adams and Kristen Witmer: vocalists, Rebecca Huber: violin, Raquel Massadas: viola, Julien Barre: cello, Tom Devaere: double bass, Claudio Ribeiro: harpsichord & organ COSTUMES Nel Maertens in collaboration with Woche Jewelry (Clarisse Bruynbroeck) SCENOGRAPHY Aslı Çiçek SCENOGRAPHY PROJECT ASSISTANCE Olivia de Bree SCENOGRAPHY INTERNSHIP Francesca Desantis LIGHTS Elke Verachtert LIVE SOUND Milan Van Doren MIX RECORDING Dries D'Hondt DANCE DRAMATURGY Steven Michel BROCHURE Nick Mattan en Nel Maertens TEASERS EN TRAILER Robbrecht Desmet: film, Giel Dhaenens: DOP, Ruby van der Kooij: AC, Simon Donceel: gaffer, Elke Verachtert: light PRODUCTION GRIP & B’Rock Orchestra (Sharon Buffel, Claire Desmedt, Hanne Doms, Albert Edelman, Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Aglaja Thiesen, Davina Van Belle, Toon Vannieuwenhuyse, Nele Verreyken) INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION A propic - Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent CO-PRODUCTION Concertgebouw Brugge / Dans in Brugge, EFFEA, STUK, Perpodium RESIDENCIES KLAP maison de la danse Marseille, Cultuurcentrum / Dans in Brugge, P.A.R.T.S, KWP Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum nona, Rosas Performance Space, GC De Kriekelaar, Kunstencentrum Buda, Workspace Brussels – Studio Les Brigittines, Campo Victoria THANKS TO Monty, Rataplan WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest, The Torment of Hearts residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union