The Middle Ages does not pose the question of who or what we are, but when we are. When is now? Through an exuberant use of costumes and a rigorous study of movement the performance attempts to assume a place and time in which historical references overlap. Five dancers travel through time and the history of movement.

PERFORMATIK 2015 - In his new production Xavier Le Roy creates three situations that make the relationship between the audience and actors less straightforward. The three parts – a lecture, a performance and a concert – are controlled by the loss of a protagonist. The actors and spectators mourn together and this leads to inventions and strange situations…

PERFORMATIK 2015 - Visual artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx ventures into new territory and creates an ‘all-round show’ in which she draws from her vast archive. A part of that archive – images she uses to ‘theatricalise’ the world – was the basis of her impressive solo exhibition in WIELS.

In previous solo performances, choreographer Ula Sickle and sound artist Yann Leguay examined the interaction between movement, voice, sound and light. In Prelude, they work with Norwegian vocalist Stine Janvin Motland. With her use of extended vocal technique, Motland explores the limits of the human voice, entering into dialogue with the amplified elements present on stage. Has the body become an extension of technology?