Is sexism really spreading in the media? Has political incorrectness become the done thing? Do we have to be ‘incorrect’ to be sharp and funny? Or is there nothing new under the sun?
More and more people agree that when it comes to selection criteria in business, a lot still has to change before women truly have equal opportunities. The call for quotas seems to be getting louder all the time. But are quotas the right approach? And if so, what would a realistic percentage be? And should we introduce quotas for other minorities too?
With Boris Charmatz we shall be discussing the grand master of postmodern dance, Merce Cunningham (1919-2009). In the bar we shall be showing a documentary by his close associate Charles Atlas, and an experimental short film by the American video artist Nam June Paik.
How can dance be reconstructed? Is it desirable? Can or should one update dance material or use it in a new context? These are some of the many questions asked at this colloquium.
Vincent Dunoyer has danced for Wim Vandekeybus, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Steve Paxton and others. How does all this choreographic material lodge in a dancer’s body? Dance critic Jeroen Peeters will talk to him about the body’s memory.
A talk by Christel Stalpaert on Vaslav Nijinski (1890-1950), the Russian dancer and choreographer who created trail-blazing choreographic works to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps and Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
Christel Stalpaert, a professor at Ghent University, will be talking to Fabian Barba about the work of the German choreographer Mary Wigman (1886-1973), an innovator in expressionism and a pioneer of modern dance.
Timmy De Laet, a researcher at Antwerp University, will be talking to Kattrin Deufert, Thomas Plischke and DD Dorvillier about archiving, sharing and passing on dance material.
The Kaaitheater dramaturge Marianne Van Kerkhoven will be talking to the film-maker Eric de Kuyper about the work of Pina Bausch (1940-2009). We shall be showing the documentary Un jour Pina a demandé (1983) by the Belgian film-maker Chantal Akerman in the bar.
The B’Rock baroque orchestra and LOD music-theatre from Ghent will be presenting an alternative annual New Year’s concert called Lecture Songs. B’Rock will be playing music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke and their contemporaries. The science philosopher Jean Paul Van Bendegem does the talking.
How can we limit CO2 emissions? There are many varied opinions on how this can be done. For many years Aviel Verbruggen has been closely involved with climate and energy policy. For example, he questions the emissions trading scheme (ETS) as a policy instrument in counteracting global warming. In this lecture he presents his views on the choices that could and should be made in Copenhagen.
Today millions of people are fleeing from the consequences of global warming. Nevertheless, no start has yet been made on developing any international policy. This debate centres on the social and humanitarian components of climate change and allows prominent speakers to talk about what needs to be done.
Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Should the West send more troops? Ahmed Rashid, the most respected journalist/author on the subject is invited to give his view on the current state of affairs in the region. Jef Lambrecht, a Flemish journalist who has been covering the region for over two decades, will respond to the lecture by Ahmed Rashid. This evening is part of a series of lectures organised by MO*magazine. Kaaitheater is a partner of the series, and hosts this lecture evening.
Is it possible to say, 20 years after the fall of the Wall, that Germany has been reunited? Is 20 years enough time for Eastern Europe to have shaken off decades of communist dictatorship? How do people deal with major turning points? How much time is needed for real change?
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Sarah De Mul is a literary academic and writer. Nadia Fadil is a sociologist and current affairs writer. Both worked on the book Een Leeuw in een Kooi. The limits of multicultural Flanders.
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Marjolijn van Heemstra (1981) is a writer, poet and theatre-maker.
Bert Bultinck (newspaper De Standaard) will talk to Frank Berberich, the chief-editor of Lettre International, an cultural periodical, with sister editions in Italy, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Denmark and Russia.
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Earlier this year, the journalist Dirk Tieleman travelled
around Iran with the documentary-maker Fabio Wuytack on the
occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The
trip resulted in six documentaries for the Canvas television
channel.
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Pieter De Buysser (1972) is philosopher, writer and
theatre-maker.
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Filip Berte (1976) is an architect and artist. His research project Eutopia focuses on the European home environment.
Using text and sound, the Croatian Barbara Matijević and the Italian Giuseppe Chico offer an associative, personal view of their 1989. Their material consists of authentic and fictional audio documents either made in 1989 or related to it by content: pop songs, the Eurovision Song Contest – in 1989 won by Yugoslavia! – excerpts from radio and TV shows, private recordings and so on.
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Marko Stamenković (1977), Serbian art historian, critic and curator.
Neoliberalism argues for continued withdrawal by the state and an ever-greater role for the free market. Are our democracies now no more than formal facades with a post-democracy or ‘Berlusconi democracy’ developing behind them?
‘Speech Acts’ are short interventions (15 min.) before or after a performance. Performers, academics, writers and so on speak briefly but to the point about topics related to the theme of this Spoken Word. Frank Vercruyssen will perform an act comprising sound, words (by John Berger) and images, evoking his trip along the wall between Israel and Palestine, spliced with a nifty mix of numbers from 1989. Followed by a party!
