Wed 20.05.26 —
Thu 21.05.26
Falstaff
Deschonecompanie & Muziektheater Transparant
NL
strike
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23.04.26 — 16.05.26
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23.04.26 — 16.05.26Carmen, the passionate lover, the free-spirited woman, the fury. Who is she really? Moved by the Motion explores the legendary story of opera composer Georges Bizet.
At the invitation of NTGent, Moved by the Motion embarks on research into the myth of Carmen for the brand new play strike, remixing opera, cinema, flamenco, and performance into a bold hybrid experience. Rather than retelling the classic, the group deconstructs it, using Carmen’s iconic presence as a lens to explore themes of desire, violence, migration, and resistance.
Who is Carmen, really? A symbol of love, liberation — and a threat that must be subdued again and again.
Blending live performance and film, the piece unravels Carmen. As the screen begins to dissolve, a new story emerges, shifting from cinematic spectacle to visceral liveness.
Moved by the Motion is a multidisciplinary group of artists who play with language, movement, image and sound. They create at the melting point of film, poetry, music, dance, performance and theatre. The group started in LA in 2013 and is internationally renowned. Members are invited to collaborate in projects around the world.
After a six-year residency at Schauspielhaus Zürich (where they analysed the figure of Carmen for a first time), the ensemble now returns to the basis of their working methods: collective creation, iterative composition and collision of genres.
Practical info
Tickets
15-28 euros
Subtitles
Available with Audio Description
Good to know
→ Premiere
→ This performance had 'Carmen & Carmen' as working title before.
They saw the play and said:
Much like Tsang’s previous work, 'Moby Dick' has drawn praise for its ability to combine disparate genres and forms, including dance and poetry, into an aesthetically striking artwork (…) But it has also established Tsang as an artist capable of crafting ambitious, provocative spectacles on a cinematic scale
New York Times (US), Read the articleWu Tsang is one of the most influential people in the contemporary art world
Art Review (2024)Robin Hood' is a magical plea for solidarity (...) an extremely loving fable, greeted with applause after every scene by the discerning children in the audience
Kurier (AT)