Fr 24.01.25
- Ghent (BE), Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER
"I realized that the presence, the proximity, the openness of another body can be an answer to a relational need, a motivation to dance. Dance then becomes an emancipated environment that can respond to our needs and intentions."
O amor natural goes beyond the binary codes of yes and no and explores consent in all its non-verbal richness: whispers, body temperature, breathing, gaze and speed of movement weave a web of intimacy. The concept of consent raises many questions about care practices, but also about sexual and artistic practices. How do we know and how do we communicate what we do and do not want? On what basis can we consent to a practice that is still foreign to us?
For people with disabilities, touch is often associated with a medical act, as if their bodies are objects to be manipulated and moved without regard to their physical and emotional needs, in a relationship that is necessarily devoid of any sensuality. O amor natural is about giving ourselves the chance to express the complexity of touch in our relationships, where we often only allow ourselves to conceive of touch in a medical or sexualised relationship.
Andrew Graham sums it up this way: "Care, romance, fluid identity and fantasy all come together in this choreographic creation, conceived as a series of non-verbal haikus. Poems choreographed around touch and the possible relationships of trust between bodies such as the tension between two bodies, two hearts in a tango, for example." The keywords in this physical creation are desire, love, pleasure, consent and limitation.
Over the course of his choreographic work with a variety of audiences, including people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, migrants, older people and professional artists, Andrew Graham has repeatedly witnessed a relational need and the lack of contact that leads some people to dance. "I realised," says the choreographer, "that the presence, proximity and availability of other bodies can be a response to this need and is a motivation to dance. Dance then becomes an emancipated environment that can respond to our needs and intentions."
Six performers are at the heart of the show: Hamza Damra, Tijen Lawton, Isnelle da Silvera, Wim Auwerx, Vladimir Perrin and Maarten Degezelle. The cast brings together different worlds in terms of age, (in)visible disability, ethnicity, libertine or conservative minds, experience with dance and inclusive practices.
Steven Prengels, composer of Gardenia, En avant, marche!, Nicht schlafen, Mein Gent and Ombra by Alain Platel, is responsible for the soundscape of O amor natural.
concept & direction Andrew Graham
with Hamza Damra, Isnelle Da Silveira, Maarten Degezelle, Tijen Lawton, Vladimir Perrin, Wim Auwerx
composer Steven Prengels in collaboration with the choir of laGeste
scenography Karolien De Schepper
light design Helmut Van den Meersschaut
costume design Dotje Demuynck
sound engineer Arthur De Vuyst
dramaturgy Hildegard De Vuyst
touring Sepehr Sharifzadeh (laGeste)
production laGeste (Gand, BE)
supported by City of Ghent, Flemish Authorities and the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter measure through Flanders Tax Shelter
on tour If you want to programme this performance, contact sepehr@lageste.be
all rights reserved | copyright © laGeste | 2024
concept & design Kurt Van der Elst – info@kvde.be
realisation Feel Good Inc - Vince Vervliet - info@feelgoodinc.be
editing Caroline Eliano, Nele Dhaese, Mieke Versyp.
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