Portici
Emanuel MaesIn August 1830, riots broke out during the performance of the opera 'The Mute of Portici' at the Brussels Monnaie Theatre, forming the basis for the Belgian Revolution. The battle on the barricades heralds the definitive end of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the birth of Belgium.
In 'Portici', Silence Radio and Muziektheater Transparant translate that extraordinary story to today. A multilingual cast of two deaf and two Dutch-speaking performers, two dancers, a musician, a poet and an opera singer crawl on, under and over the barricades with only one goal: connection. With sign language, humour and musicality, the story of a country in structural identity crisis is told.
'Portici' is a rhythmic dialogue of the deaf in which music, dance, (sign) language and vibration fight for the upper hand. A revolution in theatre, on the linguistic border between hearing and feeling, amidst the absurdities of Belgian identity.
credits
concept
Dahlia Pessemiers-Benamar , Silence Radiodirection
Dahlia Pessemiers-Benamar , Tom Goossensscript
Max Greysonbased on
La Muette de Portici, Daniel Auber (1828)choreoggraphy
Sandra Delgadilloscenography
Stef Depover, Sibren Hanssens Marij de Brabanderemusical direction & arrangements
Wouter Deltourdramaturgy
Valéry Warnotte , Dahlia Pessemiers-Benamarperformance
Tomas Pevenage, Serge Vlerick, Valéry Warnotte , Elena Estratova, Wouter Deltour, Sandra Delgadillo, Dahlia Pessemiers-Benamar , Eurudike De Beul, Sibren Hanssens, Max Greysontechnical management
Sibren Hanssens, Anne van Esproduction
Silence Radio, Muziektheater Transparantcoproduction
WALPURGIS, PerPodiumwith support of
Tax Shelter van de Belgische Federale Overheidthanks to
ARType vzw, Corso, Le Manège Maubeuge
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Zooo tof dat er eindelijk iets is met VGT, zodat ik volledig kan volgen. Met dat ikzelf ook doof ben :)