(B)

They crack their knuckles and put on their boxing gloves. They can smell their opponent’s weakness. There’s the sound of the bell. The audience is roaring: they are ready for a beastly fight. But there is softness too, inside the boxing ring. Erotic duets, towels waving in the wings, a living Pietà. In the high-energy piece [B], the culture clash between three boxers and seven contemporary dancers merges into a single, fascinating movement idiom: that of the survivor. Koen Augustijnen [1967], formerly the choreographer for Les Ballets C de la B, and Rosalba Torres Guerrero [1974] dole out a set of mindboggling uppercuts: dance to the death, slapstick scenes, video projections and powerful music – from classical and live human beatboxing to Eye Of The Tiger. Do we want more [B]? Do we? There you go, it’s a knock-out.

Dutch premiere

concept | choreografy: Koen Augustijnen Rosalba Torres Guerrero
dancers | boxers: Arturo Franc Vargas, Giulia Piana, Tayeb Benamara, Sophia Rodriguez, Karim Kalonji, Mohammed Smahneh, Yipoon Chiem, Alka Matewa, Samuel Koussedoh en Sinan Durmaz
coproduction: Charleroi Danse, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre La Vilette Paris, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, La Rose des Vents Villeneuve d’Ascq, Le Manège Maubeuge, Victoria Deluxe Gent, Torino Danza, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, De Grote Post Oostende, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Action Zoo Humain

Siamese Cie / Koen Augustijnen / Rosalba Torres Guero are present on the 4th of August at Talk of the Town.

This performance can be booked in combination with Arno Schuitemaker – The Way You Sound Tonight for Sunday 5 August. Select one of these two performances and the combiticket option is offered.