Common Ground
Benjamin Vandewalle/ Platform-K |
Some like jump music and tits-and-bums comedy; some like the ballet and homespun love songs; others observe the world through a camera and are closet accomplished beatboxers.
Choreographer Benjamin Vandewalle is fascinated with encounters and how they can tilt your perspective on the world. In Common Ground he meets two professional dancers who have an impairment. Together they are going in search of common ground. They share a love of dance, and movement helps them get to know each other better. Who is the other dancer? Who am I? How are we alike, and how are we different? And most importantly: what can we learn from each other?
Het Nieuwsblad “Watching Kobe and Hannah dancing is watching something truly authentic.”
E-tcetera “Wyffels and Bekemans are able to infuse their performance with such truthfulness and emotion, while also going out of character, that they present their audience with some wonderfully unpredictable interactions.”
Dutch premiere
by and with: Benjamin Vandewalle, Kobe Wyffels, Hannah Bekemans
music composition: Fulco Ottervanger
music performance: Christian Mendoza, Fulco Ottervanger
costume design: Sofie Durnez
lighting design | technique: Marlies Jacques
dramaturgy: Charlotte De Somviele
photography: Yuri Van der Hoeven
production: Platform-K & Vooruit
support: Konekt, Lucky Trimmer, Stad Gent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen & Vlaamse Overheid
