ANECKXANDER

ANECKXANDER (2015), co-created by Alexander Vantournhout & Bauke Lievens, is a solo in a minimal setting for one acrobatic body, a handful of carefully selected objects, and three variations on a piece of piano music by Arvo Pärt. Balancing on the fine line between tragedy and comedy, Alexander/Aneckxander rewrites the autobiography of his own body: from subject to object to matter. The result is a raw self-portrait in which the body both exposes itself to and tries to escape from the prying eyes of those looking at it.

The Project

Between Being and Imagining

TRAILER

FULL PERFORMANCE on Youtube

CREDITS

Created by Alexander Vantournhout & Bauke Lievens
Performed by Alexander Vantournhout
Dramaturgic advice Dries Douibi, Gerald Kurdian
Outside eyes Geert Belpaeme, Anneleen Keppens, Lore Missine, Lili M. Rampre, Methinee Wongtrakoon
Light design Tim Oelbrandt, Rinus Samyn
Music Arvo Pärt
Costumes Nefeli Myrtidi, Anne Vereecke
Photos Bart Grietens
Bookings Frans Brood Productions

Coproduction Circus Next, Les Subsistances (Lyon, FR), Festival PERPLX (Kortrijk-Marke, BE), Festival novog cirkusa (Zagreb, HR)

Residencies Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Gent, BE), Circuscentrum (Gent, BE), CC De Warande (Turnhout, BE), Festival PERPLX (Kortrijk-Marke, BE), Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães, PT), Les Migrateurs (Strasbourg, FR), Subtopia (Norsborg, SE), CC De Spil (Roeselare, BE), La Brèche Pôle National des Arts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie (Cherbourg, FR), Les Subsistances (Lyon, FR), STUK (Leuven, BE)

With the support of Province of West Flanders, the Flemish Government, and Circus Next – a European platform coordinated by Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe, funded with support from the European Commission.

Thanks to KASK & Conservatorium (Ghent, BE)

PRESS

VAN DE VOORDE, E. (2015). ANECKXANDER, Cobra Canvas, juli 2015.

VAN STEENBERGHE, E. (2016). ‘Aneckxander’: een viersterrenproductie die we liever één ster zouden geven. Focus Knack, 16 januari 2016.