360
An acrobatic research production on attention, anonymity and expectations.
360 came about from previous research carried out by Benjamin 'Monki' Kuitenbrouwer with TENT’s Hanneke Meijers during the project Being Benjamin. In the ‘scene with the stools’, half of the audience came up to sit on the stage while the other half watched from the seating. The group on the stage sat close to Icarian acrobats Théo & Lucas Enriquez, who stole the show around them. This concept will be further elaborated in the future.
This act of creation can only take place with an audience. At a range of festivals, a maximum of three performances will be given a day, in the public space. The audience can spectate from the side-lines or sign up for a place on the stools, so participating in the research question this involves. For example: 'What if the audience is constantly in motion?', 'What if the audience is in the middle and the performers permanently move around them?' or 'What if the performers move the audience?' These questions can then be further refined the next day on the basis of the results and audience responses.
These 'research productions' will gather enough material for an integral production. This will then no longer be research, as the results will be moulded into a unified whole. 360 is expected to première in 2022.
INFORMATION hanneke@tent.eu LOCATION inside and/or outside DURATION ± 20 min per research question FLOOR 9x9m solid floor, no balletfloor, no grass, no sand HEIGHT minimum 3 meters AGE 4+ TAAL language no problem RESEARCH PERIOD spring 2021 PERFORMANCE PERIOD 2022
CREDITS CONCEPT Benjamin Kuitenbrouwer & Hanneke Meijers DIRECTOR Benjamin Kuitenbrouwer CO-DIRECTOR Hanneke Meijers ARTISTS Lucas & Théo Enriquez
OUR MAKER
Benjamin Kuitenbrouwer
OUR MAKER COURSES
two years • four years