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Lisbeth Gruwez | Voetvolk (Belgium) - Into the Open

‘A crazy dance concert where three punk musicians and four loose performers threw a wild party. (...) Into the Open is grotesque, absurd and compelling, but in a cheerful way: an LSD trip from heaven,’ De Morgen wrote. After two years of sitting around doing nothing it was time for action, Lisbeth Gruwez and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe felt. Into the Open is a whole new form of dance. Or is it music? It is 'dance meets concert.’ Voetvolk invites you to take a leap of faith. Let's trance!

With this performance, Voetvolk wants to consciously break through boundaries and go in search of new audiences. ‘Many people are afraid of dance, they think it is complicated,’ Van Cauwenberghe says. ‘While dance is so close to music. It is feeling, emotion, suggestion, imagination. Unlike a theatre text, it is not about reason, about understanding, but about emotion, feeling, intuition, imagination, opening yourself up and allowing yourself to be surprised by something completely new. Treat yourself to a big energy boost!’

Into the Open is a unique concept in which the boundary of where music begins and dance ends, or vice versa, has completely disappeared. Dendermonde, a power trio formed by Maarten Van Cauwenberghe, drummer Frederik Heuvinck and guitarist Elko Blijweert, takes centre stage, supported by the four dancers. Seven performers embody the groove and share the energy of the music. They whip each other up with 'body rock'.

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