Ultima Vez & Wim Vandekeybus - What the Body Does Not Remember

Wim Vandekeybus - (*1963, Lierre) Belgian director, choreographer, dancer, photographer and director of the famous company Ultima Vez. Vandekeybus founded Ultima Vez in 1986, while he was staying in Spain. He first appeared on the international scene with a performance called What the Body Does Not Remember. Vandekeybus’ work typically features radical motion acting, driven by conflict, strength, instinct, “imaginary catastrophe” and clash between attraction and reserve. He masterfully uses text and dedicated music. For example, Ultima Vez danced to music composed specifically for them by avant-garde musicians such as David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Charo Calvo, Eavesdropper and David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horse Power, and also Woven Hand.

For the first time, the Czech audience had a chance to see Ultima Vez in the Archa Theatre in 1995, when the company introduced its project Mountains Made of Barking. Since then, our viewers have had the opportunity to watch one of the world’s most prominent choreographers regularly. So far, Archa has offered the following performances by Wim Vendekeybus: What the Body Does Not Remember (1997), In Spite of Wishing and Wanting (2000), Scratching the Inner Fields (2002), Blush (2003), Spiegel (2006), nieuwZwart (2009), Monkey Sandwich (2010), Radical Wrong (2011) and booty Looting (2012).

CREDITS

DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY & SCENOGRAPHY Wim Vandekeybus
PERFORMED BY Ricardo Ambrozio, Damien Chapelle, Tanja Marín Friðjónsdóttir, Zebastián Méndez Marín, Aymara Parola, Maria Kolegova, Livia Balazova, Eddie Oroyan, Pavel Masek
ORIGINAL MUSIC Thierry De Mey & Peter Vermeersch
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Eduardo Torroja
STYLING Isabelle Lhoas ASSISTED BY Frédérick Denis
TECHNICAL COORDINATION Davy Deschepper
LIGHTING DESIGN Francis Gahide
LIGHTING ON TOUR Davy Deschepper, Karin Demedts
SOUND ON TOUR Davy Deschepper, Bram Moriau, Tom Buys
PRODUCTION Ultima Vez
WITH THE SUPPORT OF Charleroi Danses
CO-PRODUCTION KVS
CO-PRODUCERS ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE Centro di Produzione Inteatro Polverigi, Festival de Saint-Denis, Festival d'Eté de Seine-Maritime, Toneelschuur Produkties Haarlem
THANKS TO Louise De Neef, Benjamin Dandoy

ORIGINAL CREDITS (1987)
Directed by Wim Vandekeybus
Performed by Charo Calvo, Marian Del Valle, Yves Delattre, Patrick Dieleman, Maria Icaza, Dorothée Morel, Caroline Rottier, Simone Sandroni, Eduardo Torroja, Wim Vandekeybus
Also performed by Nicolas Crow, Muriel Hérault
Music Thierry De Mey & Peter Vermeersch
Played by Maximalist !
Assistant direction Eduardo Torroja
General assistant Octavio Iturbe
Stage manager Pascal Joris
Production Ultima Vez . Louise De Neef . Nadia Cornelis
Coproduction Centro di Produzione Inteatro Polverigi; Festival de Saint-Denis;
Festival d'Eté de Seine-Maritime; Toneelschuur Produkties Haarlem
With the support of Vlaams Theater Circuit