Nimble

Nimble is Not Standing’s largest production to date. Together, nine dancers form a contemporary corps de ballet and explore the power of group rhythm. With a focus on the lower body, born of Alexander Vantournhout’s fascination with boxers’ footwork, Nimble shines a spotlight on what normally escapes attention. 

In Nimble, the performers take over a  large stage and investigate how space can become an added dimension. How does a collective body of nine individuals evolve in that space? The dancers keep moving, constantly exchanging rhythms and shifting between the collective and the individual.

The soundtrack is created live by the performers themselves. Movements culminate in a soundscape of beats, polyrhythms, loops, and vibrant electronics that  blur the line between dancer and musician. Nimble unfolds as a pulsating choreography in which movement and music propel each other and transform the stage into a single, collective, physical rhythm.

Choreography Alexander Vantournhout
Created with and performed by Chia-Hung Chung, Lewis Cooke, Dimitri Landoz, Giulia Tornarolli, Emmi Väisänen, Hendrik Van Maele, Esse Vanderbruggen, Alexander Vantournhout, more tbc

Artistic assistants Emmi Väisänen, Esse Vanderbruggen
Musical dramaturgy Katherina Lindekens
Dramaturgy Rudi Laermans

Costumes Patty Eggerickx assisted by Kai Sin Chau
Rehearsal director Miguel do Vale
Light design Luc Schaltin
Sound Alex Fostier
Technics Brecht Beuselinck, Bert Van Dijck, Bram Vandeghinste

Company manager Esther Maas
Tourplanning Frans Brood Productions
Production & tourmanagement Janne Coonen, Kiki Verschueren
Communication Kiki Verschueren

Photos Bart Grietens
Thanks to Samuele Baschieri, Lea Diercksen, Axel Guérin, Dylan Brahim Labiod, Jules Renaud, Tos Schoonjans 
Production Not Standing vzw
Coproduction Arts Centre VIERNULVIER (Ghent, BE), December Dance (Concertgebouw Bruges and Cultuurcentrum Bruges, BE), Maison des Arts de Créteil (Créteil, FR), Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie (Brussels, BE), Les Salins - scène national de Martigues (Martigues, FR), Les Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels, BE), STUK – Huis voor Dans (Leuven, BE), LOD Muziektheater (Ghent, BE), Théâtre de Caen (Caen, FR)
Residencies Wood Cube (Roeselare, BE), Peeping Tom (Brussels, BE), Studio Thor (Brussels, BE), le CENTQUATRE (Paris, FR), Arts Centre VIERNULVIER (Ghent, BE), STUK – Huis voor Dans (Leuven, BE), Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie (Brussels, BE)

With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. 
With the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, via Flanders Tax Shelter.

Not Standing/Alexander Vantournhout is artist-in-residence at Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER in Ghent and associated artist of le CENTQUATRE Paris and Maison des Arts de Créteil. Not Standing is supported by the Flemish Government and Fondation BNP Paribas for the development of their projects.