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No One’s Gonna Love You Like Me

Steven Prengels
laGeste

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The choir of laGeste is a phenomenon. Originally formed for the creation of Mein Gent sometime in 2020, this ad hoc choir has grown into an 80-member ensemble that doesn't shy away from any vocal challenge. The choir sang for the birth of laGeste in the Materniteit (5x), during Mein Gent in the Theaterzaal of De Vooruit (23x), in De Refter at STAM - the Ghent city museum (6x), and could be heard at the end of O amor natural. This great and flexible commitment has everything to do with the charismatic leadership of composer Steven Prengels, who for many years created music for projects by Johan Simons, Alain Platel, and Frank Van Laecke.

For No One’s Gonna Love You Like Me, Steven joins the choir in both singing and dancing.
There, they’ve clearly developed some peculiarities, expressed in bricolaged choreographies and surprising rituals. They seem to be waiting for something. Think Beckett or Camus. They embrace absurdity in all its forms. Perhaps they are waiting for the unexpected.

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concept, composition & musical direction Steven Prengels
created with & performed by
laGeste choir en Vania D'Angelo
sound Hanne Nuyttens
light Rubben Smits
touring Morgan Van Kerrebrouck | laGeste

production laGeste
thanks to Alain Platel, Hildegard De Vuyst
with the support of the City of Ghent & the Flemish Government

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duration 80 minutes, no break
language Dutch, English, German, Spanish

The premiere of No One’s Gonna Love You Like Me took place on August 24 as part of Bijloke Wonderland 2025 at Studio laGeste in Ghent.


on tour
If you want to programme this performance, contact Morgan Van Kerrebrouck

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Read more about the choir of laGeste here.