SCREWS XL

Usually, a bowling ball has only one function: to knock over as many pins as possible at the end of the lane. But what if you remove this object from its usual environment? SCREWS XL turns the relationship between the body and the object around. Objects are fastened to the body, either providing support or throwing it off balance, allowing gravity to be overcome or rather enhancing its effects. With the help of ice shoes, bowling balls, antigravity shoes and other objects, the dancers defy the laws of physics.

SCREWS XL is an extended version of the originally created SCREWS (2019) in which 10 adult performers share the stage with 6 children.

Choreography: Alexander Vantournhout

Originally created by: Petra Steindl, Josse De Broeck, Felix Zech, Hendrik van Maele, Emmi Väisänen, Alexander Vantournhout

Performed by: Alexander Vantournhout, Emmi Väisänen, Petra Steindl, Jessica Eirado Enes, Nick Robaey, Axel Guérin, Charlotte Cétaire, Yassine Ouaamou, Harrison Claxton, Jean Pierre Bure Gonzalez, Zhao Ting Kuan, Batist Van Baekel (cast of 10 adult performers composed according to availability) & 6 children performers

Dramaturgy: Sébastien Hendrickx

Intellectual in residence: Rudi Laermans

Choreographic help: Anneleen Keppens, Martin Kilvady

Costumes: Anne-Catherine Kunz

Technique: Rinus Samyn

Light design: Tim Oelbrandt

Technique design: Bert Van Dijck, Rinus Samyn, Tom Reynaerts, Tom Daniels

Constructor: Willy Cauwelier

Photos: Tom Van Mele

Company manager: Esther Maas

Production managers: Babara Fälter & Aïda Gabriëls

Coproductions: Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Gent (BE), MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard (FR), PERPLX, Marke (BE), Circa, Auch (FR)

Residencies: Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Gent (BE), Platforme 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie/La Brêche à Cherbourg-Cirque-Théâtred’Elbeuf (FR), Cultuurcentrum, Brugge (BE) Wood Cube, Roeselare (BE), Workspace, Brussels (BE), MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard (FR), Circa, Auch (FR)

Thanks to: Lore Missine, Veerle Mans, Bauke Lievens, Maria Madeira, Lien Vanbossele, Monuments Nationaux de France et Simon Pons-Rotbardt

Production: not standing

With the support of the Flemish Authorities.

Alexander Vantournhout is artist-in-residence in Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER in Ghent and associated artist of le CENTQUATRE Paris and Cirque-théâtre Elbeuf. He’s cultural ambassador of the city of Roeselare and supported by Fondation BNP Paribas for the development of his projects.

"The risk-taking magnifies each of SCREWS XL's performances, and for those who know Alexander Vantournhout's work, it never ceases to amaze." — pzazz