A Wave - Zoë Demoustier

Dance Heritage as Fertile Ground for Endless Play Pleasure From the triangular relationship between Brussel, Gent and Antwerpen, a generation of radical dance innovators emerges in the 1980s. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus, Marc Vanrunxt, Alain Platel, Jan Fabre and many others gradually seep into Belgian theaters with their unconventional performances. In no time, they also flood the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. That 'Vlaamse Golf' has profoundly influenced the way we look 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 young people, a dancer from Platform K and iconic dancers who created the pieces of yesteryear – she deconstructs monumental scenes from the 1980s and 1990s with an eye to the future. Together they explore what needs to be passed on and what could use an update. But above all: how references can be not a straitjacket but a source for dance pleasure and – who knows – a new wave.