Miet Warlop | Belgium
Fruits of Labor
ca. 55 min
in English
Music Performance | Object Theatre
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, Vooruit Art Center, BUDA Art Center, Gessneralle, Dublin Theater Festival, La Villette, Paris, PACT Zollverein, La Batie, Genf | Supported by: Beursschouwburg, Flemish Authorities, City of Gent, international figuren.theater.festival Erlangen, European Union’s Culture Programme, NXTSTP network | „Fruits of Labor“ was made in Studio C de la B, Gent
Concept, artistic direction, text: Miet Warlop | Music, performance: Miet Warlop, Joppe Tanghe, Wietse Tanghe, Tim Coenen, Seppe Cosyns | Assistance: Barbara Vackier, Ian Gyselinck, Sander Vos | Costumes: Sofie Durnez, Karolien Nuytens, An Breugelmans | Technical director: Hugh Roche Kelly | Sound: Saul Mombaerts, Pieter-Jan Coppejans | Lighting design: Henri Emmanuel Doublier | Production: Seppe Cosyns
In “Fruits of Labor”, Miet Warlop explores music and lyrics as materials to build a performance. And while her previous stage pieces “Mystery Magnet” and “Dragging the Bone” used the aesthetics of art exhibitions, “Fruits of Labor” can be seen as a concert, a rolling revue of songs and dances, with an awkwardly oversized white cube in constant transformation at its core.
