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any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones
Jan Martens, Choreographer / Dance On Ensemble2023
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Athens, Greece
Jan Martens and the Berlin-based Dance On Ensemble presented any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, a powerful reflection on resistance, solidarity, and individuality. Inspired by global protests and featuring 17 dancers aged 18 to 71, the choreography celebrated diversity in form, age, and movement. Set to Górecki’s Harpsichord Concerto and pieces of protest music, the performance merged dance with spoken text and projected declarations, exploring language as both an oppressive tool and a means of defiance. In this compelling work, Martens envisioned a world where coexistence remains a radical, urgent act.
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- Title: any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones
- Creator: Jan Martens, Choreographer / Dance On Ensemble
- Date Created: 2023
- Location Created: Peiraios 260
- Type: Dance
- Credit of photographer: Phile Deprez
- Artists: Choreography - Jan Martens / Performers - Abigail Aleksander, Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Camilla Bundel, Jim Buskens, Baptiste Cazaux, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Simon Lelievre, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Solal Mariotte, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Courtney May Robertson, Laura Vanborm, Zora Westbroek, Loeka Willems, Lia Witjes-Poole, Maisie Woodford, Paolo Yao / Artistic assistance - Anne-Lise Brevers / Lighting design - Jan Fedinger (assisted by Vito Walter) / Costume design -Cédric Charlier (assisted by Alexandra Sebbag, Thibault Kuhn) / Outside eye - Marc Vanrunxt, Renée Copraij, Rudi Meulemans, Siska Baeck / Text Spring by Ali Smith, with the permission of Wylie Agency / Music copyright “Concerto pour Clavecin et Cordes Op 40” Réf Im 108884 Musique de Henryk Mikolaj Górecki © PWM Editions représenté par Alphonse Leduc Editions Musicales, “People’s Faces” written by Kae Tempest and Dan Carey © Published and Administered by Domino Publishing Company Limited (50%) and MANATA LTD Administrated by Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V. (50%), “Triptych Prayer/Protest/Peace” written by Maxwell Roach © Published by Milma Publishing Company Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Limited / Technical manager - Michel Spang / Tour technicians - Michel Spang, Valentijn Weyn, Nele Verreyken / Photos - Phile Deprez / Graphic design - Luis Xertu / Teasers and trailers - Stanislav Dobak, Jan Fedinger / Production - GRIP / In collaboration with Dance On Ensemble / International distribution A Propic / Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent and Lara van Lookeren / Co-production deSingel (Antwerp), Theater Freiburg, Sadler’s Wells (London), Festival d’Avignon, Julidans (Amsterdam), Le Gymnase – CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, Norrlandsoperan (Umeå), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève και Association pour la danse contemporaine Genève, tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf), Le Parvis – Scène national Tarbes-Pyrénées, La Danse en grande forme (Project A-CDCN / ACCN CNDC Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture – CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux / La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Collectif Fair-e – CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Le Gymnase – CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France, Pôle Sud – CDCN Strasbourg, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse Occitanie), Perpodium (Antwerp) / Supported by De Grote Post (Ostend), Charleroi – Danse Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, CCN d’Orléans, Théâtre d’Orléans, December Dance – Concertgebouw and CC Brugge (Bruges), Flemish government, City of Antwerp, Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium, Cronos Invest / Thanks to Wannes Labath, de! Kunsthumaniora, Nadine Scheuer, Mr. Jean Chabert (Stanley/Stella)
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