Dancing on the fine line between abstract art and political resistance.
beurscafé open from 17:00
In 2015, an X-ray scan revealed that a racist inscription is hidden under the layers of paint of Kasimir Malevich's famous Black Square (1915). Even the supreme abstraction does not appear to be free of politics. It is precisely this tension that three black performers put on edge in DEMONstratio. Within the rigid lines of a perfectly lit square, they seek an imploring counterweight in the subconscious power of voice and movement. Light and dark, reason and feeling, certainty and uncertainty: sharp binary opposites are there to transcend them.
75 min.
Milø Slayers is a performer and audiovisual artist from Brussels. Since 2013 he’s been managing his own dance company called Slayers where creativity is the main philosophy and hip hop is the biggest influence. In 2021, he graduated at ISAC (Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Chorégraphies).
https://www.instagram.com/miloslayers/
conception | Milø Slayers
performers | Sophie Sénécaut, Eli Mathieu, Milka Kongi
light design | Luc Schaltin
projection | Ulysse Navarro, Geminay
clothing | Céline Shen
dramaturgy | Yasen Vasilev
city dramaturgy | Marie Umuhoza
theoretical assistance | Tunde Adefioye
sound design | Milø Slayers
production | Kunstenwerkplaats
co-production | Kunstenwerkplaats, Charleroi danse, Kaap, STUK
supported by | Vlaamse Gemeenschap
thanks to | Wouter Hillaert, Lucile Calmel, Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Stephane Bourhis, Dries Doulbi, Femke Gyselinck, Maria Dogahe, Afi Maghouti, André van Praet, Ayoh Kré Duchâtelet, Kaaitheater, VierNulVier, BUDA, Ultima Vez
image | Milø Slayers