passages

Passages echoes the transient encounter between life and death, the past and the present, reality and imagination. It represents a no-man's land where contrasting worlds meet. Unfolding an interplay of voice, light, visual arts, movement, electronics, and classical music, Passages is an ongoing performance that embraces its unfinished state and invites new contributors with each performance at every new location.

Nestled in museums and galleries, a versatile cast creates a dialogue between the transience of the performing arts and the enduring nature of the visual arts, where the gaze of the spectator adds the final brushstroke.

Created with & performed by: Mireille Capelle, Aya Suzuki, Nel Maertens, Marc Tooten, Adriaan de Roover, Timo Tembuyser, Matteo Sedda/Magdalena Öttl & Kato Declercq

Guest performers KMSKA (Antwerp) & MA Festival (Bruges): NKK NXT (Agnese Allegra, Elaine Hakkaart, Emma Wessleus, Fran Van Lysebettens, Joana Guiné, María Suárez López & Vanessa Guinadi)

Guest performer MA Festival (Bruges): Liam Byrne

Guest performer Copenhagen Opera Festival: Casper Clausen

Concept & direction: Aïda Gabriëls

Dramaturgy: Lena Meyskens, Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze & Rudi Laermans

Musical director: Timo Tembuyser

Choreographic advice: German Jauregui & Matteo Sedda

Light: Anne Van Es

Sound: Pieter-Jan Buelens

Styling costumes: Maarten Van Mulken

Production: oester & Muziektheater Transparant

With the support of KMSKA, MAFestival, Axel Vervoordt / Inspiratum, HERMESensemble, Needcompany & NKK NXT

Tax shelter: Perpodium

Produced with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & the Flemish Government

Special thanks to Renato Nicolodi, Kasia Mielczarek & Sander Bortier