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Les Ballets C. de la B. (Belgium) - Ashes

Nothing is forever. How do we deal with this?  How do we deal with loss and a radical change in our environment? The word Ashes is a powerful metaphor for something that slips through your fingers, something you can’t get a grip on. This isn’t necessarily negative or sad. By repositioning yourself, new things may also be created . The possibility of rising again from our ashes like the phoenix.

For Ashes, there has been chosen for the music of G.F. Handel. In addition to the violin, cello and lute, the music ensemble was complemented by the accordion and marimba.

The set is designed by the visual artist Jean Bernard Koeman, who has previously designed for Just another Landscape for some Juke-Box Money, bâche and IMPORT EXPORT. It is a curious grey set, a colourless environment in strong contrast to the ‘colourful’ performers on stage. Kurt Lefevre has designed the lighting and helps achieve this idea of contrast. The set consists of different levels on which the dancers can perform.

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