Mette Ingvartsen
Mette Ingvartsen
Legend has it that skateboarding was born one day when low waves forced surfers onto the Los Angeles asphalt. Gliding through the streets, conquering every new obstacle, skateboarding has become a peculiar choreography. It plays over the surface of our cities, reclaiming public space in fierce movements that cut across curves and boundaries, and it holds the thrill of several dreams.
Together with a group of skaters and dancers, Mette Ingvartsen explores the speed and energy of movement on wheels – a physical memory from her own youth. More than a smooth spectacle of virtuoso feats, Skatepark marks the emergence of a community – one defined by persistence and hard work within the ongoing practice of individuals who try, fall, and push the limits of the possible, alone but together. On this journey, theatre provides a fluid framework for an encounter between a group of skaters and dancers across generations. Their repeated efforts at balancing and jumping, their boisterous interaction and clashes in shared space, form something more – an entire society we can learn from.
Concept and choreography
Mette Ingvartsen
With
Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers, Bob Aertsen, Bo Huyghebaert, Nona De Neve e skaters locais: Alex Furtado, Ivandro, João Ferraz, Madalena Galante, Madruga, Patrick Costa, Vini Ciareli e Morgan Akira
Sound design
Anne van de Star, Peter Lenaerts
Light design
Minna Tiikkainen
Music
Felix Kubin, Mord Records, Why the eye, sonaBLAST! Records, Rrose, The Fanny Pads, Restive Plaggona
Dramaturgy
Bojana Cvejić
Costumes
Jennifer Defays
Set design
Pierre Jambé/Antidote
Technical set design
Stéphane Thonnard
Set construction
Construction workshop of Théâtre National Bruxelles: Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana, Boyd Gates
Technical direction
Hans Meijer
Sound
Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson
Light
Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille
Choreography assistance
Jacob Ingram-Dodd
Accompaniment of local participants
Billie Meeussen, Victor Perez Hernandez
Production and administration
Joey Ng
Production
Oihana Azpillaga Camio
Comunication
Jeroen Goffings
Management
Ruth Collier
Production
Great Investment vzw
Great Investment é pelas autoridades flamengas, pela Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Tax Shelter do Governo Federal Belga & The Danish Arts Council
