Jan Martens for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen with the support of GRIP
2024Since 2022, Jan Martens combines his role as co-artistic director with GRIP with that of associate artist at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. With FUTUR PROCHE (2022), he built a performance about the imminent future, together with fifteen dancers from OBV, two children, and harpsichordist Goska Isphording,.. The performance had its world premiere on July 19, 2022 at the Cour d’honneur of the Festival d’Avignon.
As part of the programme MARTENS / DE KEERSMAEKER / BROWN, Jan will create GRACIELA QUINTET to music by Graciela Paraskevaídis in May-June 2024 and rework a section from his solo ELISABETH GETS HER WAY to music by Stephen Montague to ON SPEED.
MUSIC Graciela Paraskevaidis
CHOREOGRAPHY Jan Martens
DRAMATURGY Tom Swaak
COSTUME DESIGN Cédric Charlier
LIGHTING DESIGN Elke Verachtert
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE HERMESensemble
DANCE Brent Daneels, Towa Iwase, Taichi Sakai, Shane Urton, Louiza Avraam