Residency of “Facing Familiar Faces”

 

Facing Familiar Faces, a duet produced by KAIHO has been awarded a one month residency at Studio Pro Arte in frame of Culture Moves Europe and supported by Goethe-Institut. This will give us the time to fully develop the show from the current 20 minutes into a one hour performance.

The duet explores the fragile nature of a family's collective memory visualised through the relationship of two siblings' different perspectives looking back at their childhood. This powerful family bond is further visualised through the scenography’s fragmented pieces of the parental home.

The physicality as a core element is merged with an easily distinguishable narrative structure, during which the borders between dance and theatre is erased through a multitude of different transitions.

For more info on Facing Familiar Faces click here

 

Premiere of our short-film “The currency of time”

 

We have proudly premiered “The currency of time” on the 2th of February.

The result came to fruition after a creation process of two weeks, one week of shooting and one week of editing. The physicality was created in collaboration with the 3rd year students of PERA in Northern Cyprus.

The story revolves around a woman's journey as she navigates the space between life and death, a path illuminated by the collective memories and guidance of her tightly-knit community. Each member contributes to her voyage, recounting shared experiences and unique moments that deeply impacted their lives.

This narrative journey is not just a tribute to the woman's life, but also a reflection on the community's resilience in the face of loss. As they come together to guide her spirit to the afterlife, their shared grief transforms into a powerful bond of collective healing, reaffirming their faith in life's cyclical nature.

For more info on The currency of time click here

 

"Subdued" tour in Asia

 

8 years after the premiere of Subdued, we have been invited to perform in Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, Korea.

We will be performing at B.OOM Festival organised by B.Dance on the 1st and 2nd of July at the Wellspring Theater in Taipei, Taiwan.

From there we will then proceed to travel to Korea where we will perform on the 14th of July at the Monotanz Festival organised by Sin Ae Park at the Arko Theater in Seoul Korea.

For more info on Subdued click here

 

Premiere of "Oni wa soto (鬼は外)"

 

A 4 week long creation with the 3rd year students of the dance department of Civica Scuola Paolo Grassi has resulted in the evening length performance “Oni wa soto”

Oni wa soto takes inspiration from both Noh theatre and the Setsubun festival.

Setsubun is a Japanese ritual that is done once a year at the beginning of spring in which the participants throw beans at one of their family members wearing the oni (devil) mask while shouting ''Oni wa soto!'' (Devils out!).

Oni wa soto is a blend of soft flowing movement qualities, Noh theatre appearances, hints of achronological narrative and surreal lighting resulting in what could be considered as magic realism.

For more info on Oni wa soto click here

 

Premiere of "Welcome to my funeral"

 

After 2 weeks of creation at Fabbrica Europa in Firenze and at Aterballetto in Reggio Emilia we have premiered Welcome to my funeral which will be performed in various festivals and venues in the coming months such as Centrale Montemartini (Roma), La Primavera dei Teatri (Castrovillari) and Dap Festival (Pietrasanta) with other dates set for next season.

Welcome to my funeral addresses the increasingly blurring of the borders between reality and the virtual world.

How do we as humans use technology to feed our own egos? How do we use technology to form unique bonds with others? How do we use technology to manipulate strangers? These are a couple of questions that the performance addresses

For more info on Welcome to my funeral click here

 

Premiere of "Abandoned Minds"

 

After 3 weeks of creation in Minas de São Domingos we are excited to have premiered Abandoned Minds which will go on to be performed in other cities and countries in the coming years.

Abandoned Minds is an immersive site specific solo performance with strongly pronounced visual and auditive elements. The project was born out of the curiosity of performative artist Rui Paixão and choreographer Brandon Lagaert to fuse both the world and inner logic of circus, dance and theatre.

For more info on Abandoned Minds click here

 

First residency of AVoid

 

Created and performed by Marina Cherry with the artistic direction being lead by Brandon Lagaert, AVoid is an interdisciplinary project between acro-dance, contortion, contemporary dance and physical theatre.

During a period of 2 weeks in December 2022 were the first steps taken in the creation of this solo. The theme Hikikomori, A form of severe social withdrawal, popped out and will form the basis of our research.

For more info on AVoid click here

 

Premiere of "A slight hint"

 

After the succes of Doggy Rugburn we decided to take an excerpt of the performance on the road which resulted in the duet “A slight hint”.

Performed by Sara Angelucci and Brandon Lagaert it will be touring from the summer of 2023 onwards.

We are still looking for venues, theatres and festivals that are interested in this short format duet.

For more info on A slight hint click here

 

Premiere of "Watching Beards Grow"

 

Watching Beards Grow is a short dance performance of 18 minutes created in a short period of 4 days for the young dancers of the Equilibrio Dinamico Ensemble.

Inspired by the magic realism of Haruki Murakami, Watching Beards Grow creates a mystical world in which humans have blindly been destroying the natural landscape around them. Slowly nature fights back in ways humans can’t defend against until they learn that symbiosis is key.

For more info on Watching Beards Grow click here

 

Doggy Rugburn has won the COM • MOON • A Best Performance Award at the COM • MEDIA Festival in Alytus, Lithuania

 

Doggy Rugburn has won the COM • MOON • A Best Performance Award at the COM • MEDIA Festival in Alytus, Lithuania.

After 3 years of touring the performance in Lithuania we are happy to have our work recognised and awarded.

Thank you to the whole team involved and thank you to the amazing cast; Julija Mintautė, Kris Dao Nicholls, Ester Bega, Natsuho Matsumoto, Marine Fernandez, Hueng Won Lee, Pepe Jaimes, Chih-Yuan Yang

For more info about Doggy Rugburn: click here

 

Premiere of "Mondo Fuso"

 

Mondo Fuso has had its official premiere on the 11th of June 2021 at the Descharges Electriques Festival at Espace L’accroche in Brussels, Belgium

A collaboration between Italian dancer Sara Angelucci and director Brandon Lagaert resulted in this 9 minute long solo based around the loss and eventual reconciliation of identity.

For more info on Mondo Fuso click here


Waiting. Just waiting.
For the world to spin faster and the fatigue to increase.

 

"Subdued" has been selected for Lucky Trimmer

 

Subdued has been selected for Lucky Trimmer, a crazy off the hook festival that curates short dance performances and brings wacky makers together in one event.

Created in 2014 by Brandon Lagaert, Subdued has won the Outstanding Performer Award at the 8th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition.

For more info on Subdued click here
For more info on Lucky Trimmer go to www.luckytrimmer.com

Subdued will play on the 10th and 11th of April in the Sophiensaele, Berlin, Germany.


Something as trivial as opening a bottle of water can be taunting when your body doesn't do what your mind commands it.