Surrounded by a team of exquisite dancers and musicians, I am very proud to be part of this production! After an intense period of rehearsing and try-outs in Belgium and Villeneuve d'Ascq, the time has finally arrived to share Ashes with the public. Now we return to France. In the middle of the vibrant Parisian life, on the lovely Montmartre, we will be performing in Théâtre de la Ville - Théâtre des Abbesses. Naturally, afterwards, I will be enjoying the unique vibes around this well-hidden theatre!
All the wonderful people that made this production possible, can be found at the end of this post. Paris, here we come!
c h o r e o g r a p h y
Koen Augustijnen
m u s i c a l d i r e c t i o n
Wim Selles
c r e a t e d a n d p e r f o r m e d b y
Athanasia Kanellopoulou, Beniamin Boar, Chantal Loïal, Gaël Santisteva, Grégory Edelein / Koen Augustijnen, Jakub Truszkowski, Ligia Manuela Lewis, Sung-Im Her / Florence Augendre
s i n g e r s
Amaryllis Dieltiens or Irene Carpentier (soprano), Steve Dugardin (male alto)
m u s i c i a n s
Aurélie Dorzée or Barbara Erdner(violin), Gwen Cresens or Otine van Erp (accordion), Jurgen De Bruyn or Pieter Theuns (lute), Mattijs Vanderleen (marimbas/percussion), Saartje Van Camp or Nina Hitz (cello)
a f t e r c o m p o s i t i o n s b y
G.F. Handel
d r a m a t u r g e
Guy Cools
m o v e m e n t a d v i c e
Florence Augendre
m u s i c a d v i c e b a r o q u e m u s i c
Steve Dugardin
s e t d e s i g n
Jean Bernard Koeman
l i g h t d e s i g n
Kurt Lefevre
s o u n d d e s i g n
Sam Serruys
c o s t u m e d e s i g n
Dorothée Catry
l i g h t t e c h n i c i a n
Kurt Lefevre, Jan Vereecken
s o u n d t e c h n i c i a n
Sam Serruys, Bart Uyttersprot
s t a g e m a n a g e r
Wim Van de Cappelle
c o n s t r u c t i o n s e t
Koen Mortier, Koen Raes, Jules Fabry, Stéphane Mandeville, Nicolas Vladyslav. Peter Braet ;
Wim Van de Cappelle, Nick Mortier, Winne Clément, Hilde Geerts
t r a i n e e c o s t u m e s
Pauline Picry
p r o d u c t i o n a n d t o u r m a n a g e m e n t
Valerie Desmet, Fien Ysebie
p r o d u c t i o n
les ballets C de la B
c o p r o d u c t i o n
Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (Zürich), La Rose des Vents (Villeneuve d’Ascq), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Brighton Festival, Theater Bonn, Torinodanza, KVS (Brussel), Theaterfestival Boulevard (’s-Hertogenbosch)
i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h
Theater aan de Parade
w i t h t h e s u p p o r t o f
The City of Ghent, Province of East-Flanders, The Flemish authorities