A Wave - Zoë Demoustier

Dance Heritage as a Breeding Ground for Endless Play Pleasure From the triangular relationship between Brussel, Gent and Antwerpen 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 flood Belgian theatres with their unconventional productions. In no time they also overwhelm the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. That 'Vlaamse Golf' has profoundly influenced the way we watch and dance, it now appears, some forty years later. In A Wave, choreographer Zoë Demoustier takes stock. With around fifteen dancers – from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, supplemented by youngsters, a dancer from Platform K and iconic dancers who created the pieces of old – she deconstructs monumental scenes from the 1980s and 1990s with an eye to the future. Together they explore what must be passed on and what could use an update. But above all: how references can be a source of dance pleasure rather than a straitjacket – and who knows – a new wave.