Man Strikes Back
Everyone involved is necessary to its successful completion, but by the same token anyone can also make it fail.
Man Strikes Back is a musical juggling performance. The masters of ceremony? Five wooden triangles, a juggler and a drummer. Stijn Grupping juggles by bouncing rubber balls from one object to another while musician Frederik Meulyzer picks up the rhythm with his drums. Together they compose musical harmonies and an intriguing web of lines created by the bouncing balls in motion. Everything depends on both the precision and strength of the juggler and the speed of reaction of the drummer.
Until the wooden triangles begin to mix and take up new positions. The concert develops into a fascinating choreography involving objects, juggler and musician. But who is directing whom? And who needs whom? Or is this an equally matched dance? Each triangle comes to life, revealing its own personality. But the livelier the triangles become, the more challenging it is for the juggler to keep the balls up in the air.
Tremendous speed and precision are required to throw the bouncing balls at exactly the right place and at the prescribed rhythm and as such to perform the composition correctly. Objects and performers increasingly resemble each other. They are all necessary to bring the performance to a successful completion, but at the same time, they can just as well make it fail.
Man Strikes Back is a musical performance by humans and robots for humans and robots from age 6.
Post uit Hessdalen
Credits
A creation of: Frederik Meulyzer, Ine Van Baelen & Stijn Grupping Performance & live music: Frederik Meulyzer & Stijn Grupping Choreography: Ugo Dehaes Robotics: Edwin Dertien, Gertjan Biasino, Nick van Lange, Teun van der Molen & Ugo Dehaes Direction: Ine Van Baelen Lighting: Lucas Van Haesbroeck Costumes: Sarah Demoen With artistic contribution of: Aline Goffin, Jef Van gestel & Lander Van Noortgate Distribution: Klaartje Brouns (JE BURO) Coproduction: Miramiro, Tweetakt, C-mine & Theater op de Markt With the support of: de Vlaamse Overheid & de stad Antwerpen Thank you: hetpaleis, Klein Verzet, Vincent Company & Zonzo Compagnie
DETAILS
6+
45 min
performance without words
max 2x/day
blackbox - bifrontal
capacity:
> 8 x 10m: 144 persons
> 8 x 8m: 106 persons
TIMING
J: arrival, build-up, show, breakdown
SCHOOLS
2nd grade primary school
TEAM
3 persons
travel from BE
PREMIERE
26/09/2020 @ HETPALEIS, Antwerpen (BE)