The Salle des pas perdus project aims at inquiring into ‘moving in the city’ from the perspective of people who cannot afford to move spontaneously: the illegal immigrants. The result is a performance, shown in the public space on the Nieuwstraat in Brussels, a place where many people from different cultures and with different ‘customs’ come together \u2013 so, an exceptional challenge to explore physical boundaries. The accidental passers-by are an important aspect of this performance.<\/p>\n
Just like walking is the most basic of all movements, having your papers is the most basic condition needed to participate in society. If you don’t have your papers, your path will be full of obstacles. It determines the figure that your footsteps draw, the route that you take\u2026<\/p>\n
Our work is based on the experiences that illegal immigrant dancers have with the concept of ‘movement’, both from a professional and a personal perspective.<\/p>\n
We investigate how they move in the city, and how they experience their movements: aimlessly, or with a determined target. Will they stand still or run away? Do they follow any regular patterns? Can those patterns be mapped out? What causes them? What kinds of inhibitions do those people experience? What kind of risks do they take? Are there certain places that they avoid? How would they like to move? Do they progress? Or are they simply spinning around in a vicious circle?<\/p>\n
“Since one easily outstays one’s welcome \u2013 whether as a tourist, a guest worker, or after the graduation in the case of the student \u2013 a considerable portion of the “international” dance scene is, consequently, living and working in Belgium illegally.”<\/em> Nasr Hafez in Janus 21_II_47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Salle des pas perdus project aims at inquiring into ‘moving in the city’ from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2525,"template":"","nature":[],"sub-category":[],"agenda-year":[109],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n