A frenetic, raucous and extremely entertaining cavalcade of rousing ceremonies of farewell, death, hope, resurrection - and life itself.

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Venue

Main stage, Barnhusgatan 12-14

Duration

60 minutes

6 Feb

19:00

7 Feb

19:00

A group of performers take to the stage for a rousing ritual of farewell, life and death, hope and resurrection.

Knock knock, who's there?

Together they push their limits and go through extremes: through sung lyrics, images, objects, oxygen and sweat, the group evokes our "human condition". - what is it to be human? They defy time over and over again in a packed repetition and give expression to a deep human need: the moment when we can leave thinking and become just a body.

Using the sports arena as a metaphor and a kind of concert, fully equipped with a cheerleader and commentary track, Miet Warlop invites us into ONE SONG to create community and celebration. The temporary becomes universal - and the personal is experienced as collective.

Miet Warlop [BEL] | ONE SONG

About the series Histoire(s) du Théâtre

- What is your history as a theatre maker?
That was the question posed to a select group of artists when they were invited to participate in the Belgian City Theatre NTGent's Histoire(s) du Théâtre series. ONE SONG is visual artist Miet Warlop's answer to the question - and she puts it into words as only she can, with a stirring ritual of farewell, life and death, hope and resurrection. Warlop is the fourth director to take up the challenge with a work that brings together the present, the past and the future in an inspiring way. Previous works in the series have been presented by Milo Rau, Faustin Linyekula and Angelica Liddell.

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After-call 6/2

Choreographer Miet Warlop meets Corina Oprea in a post-performance discussion. 

Oprea is a curator, researcher and editor with broad experience in contemporary art, museology and cultural theory. She is currently a guest curator at IASPIS - the Swedish International Programme for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. Oprea has been the artistic director of Konsthall C (where she curated the multi-year programme The Decolonial Option), held curatorial positions at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and curated Timișoara 2023 - European Capital of Culture. She was the editor-in-chief of The International Online and has published "Climate: Our Right to Breathe" (K Verlag & L'Internationale Online, 2022). She holds a PhD from Loughborough University with a thesis on collective curatorial practices. She is the curator of the Romanian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026).

Dance circle 7/2

After this performance, you will have the opportunity to participate in a dance circle where you, together with other interested people, will discuss what you have just seen. The dance circle is led by Myra Nilson.

Loud, absurd and extremely entertaining.

-The New York Times

Hilarious /.../ A frantic tableau.

-The Guardian

A primal scream and visual bombshell.

—De Morgen

A rocking primal scream bursting with joy of life, energy and humour.

—De Standaard