Both, Two
In Both, Two Tussing & Vanderbruggen examine the duet, the smallest unit of togetherness. The dance duet is a genre with a history. In their most familiar forms, duets reflect the range of possibilities for relating, which resonate within a certain cultural imaginary. In particular, they reveal common-sense attitudes towards who gets to move, how, and under what conditions.
When two people dance together, a whole constellation of invitations, permissions and prohibitions is put on display. Both, Two invites the spectator to jump into this complex more-than-human ecology with her whole body: the work asks us not just to see but to sense. Can we hear a duet? What does it feel like? Costumes with palpable textures, swirling currents of air and sound, and a tactile program note complement the movements of tangibly enfleshed bodies; a journey for the proximal senses that intersects with the visual and the aural in unusual ways. In a duet which both references and exceeds the tropes of the genre, Both, Two asks what it could mean, today, to be two together.
Johan Pijpops
Johan Pijpops
Johan Pijpops
Johan Pijpops
Johan Pijpops
Credits
Performance & Creation: Vera Tussing & Esse Vanderbruggen Sound: Mike Picknett Lights: Bert van Dijck Costumes: Sofie Durnez, Jivan van der Ende Direction: Vera Tussing Dramaturgy: Seb Kann Feedback: Saïd Gharbi Artistic Collaborator: JS Rafaeli Photography: Alessandra Rocchetti Video: Zoilly Molnar, Lucien Lepoutre Production: Hiros Co-production: Kaaitheater, KAAP, The Place, IN / FINITY Support, Research, Residencies: Vlaamse Gemeenschap, South East Dance, The Place, CND Paris, Tanzhaus Zuerich, ImpulsTanz , BUDA, STUK, KAAP, De Markten, Cc ‘t Vondel, De Warande, Stems Gallery / Cindy Daignault, Klein Verzet Tactile Programme Note: Anna Goette, Bert Van Dijck, Lucie Beauvert, Esse Vanderbruggen & Vera Tussing Additional support and special thank you: Esther Severi, Anneleen Keppens, Zoltan Vakulya, Chen Wei Lee, Gorka Gurrutxaga, Laura Poletti, Magrit De Maegd, TOPAZ, Susan Carter-Schwantes, Bun Kobayashi & Clara Levy