Over the past twelve years, Lisa Vereertbrugghen has explored the political and physical dimensions of (hardcore) techno and dance. With SLOW, she expands her research to a social dance at the other end of the speed spectrum: the slow dance. In the run-up to the performance, she will continue to develop it during this residency.
SLOW approaches the slow dance as a potentially subversive dance, a slow sister of underground dances such as hardcore gabber. The performance focuses on the radical way in which the slow dance deals with intimacy and time in an era dominated by productivity, speed and isolation. The slow dance is taken out of its traditional context and connected to today's queer nightlife. Slow dancing becomes a collective practice, with changing casts and relationships, and a form of resistance.
With a cast of four FLINTA* performers, SLOW is a reimagining of the slow dance without fixed leaders or followers, embodying a total rejection of predetermined gender roles. It is our approach to anti-patriarchal slow dancing. The audience is immersed in the ritual of a slow rave, where alternating constellations, couples, solos, trios and quartets dance in slow motion, merging into one long, uninterrupted dance. Time becomes subjective and non-linear, filled with loops and repetitions that give the dance a timeless quality.collaborator
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