Any Attempt Will End in Crushed Bodies and Shattered Bones

Tickets
Address ul. Madalińskiego 10/16, Warszawa
Entry 35–50 PLN
Venue's website www.nowyteatr.org…
Length 90 min
Director Jan Martens
Release 2020

Performing: Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Jim Buskens, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Courtney May Robertson, Laura Vanborm, Loeka Willems, Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Zora Westbroek, Lia Witjes-Poole, Camilla Bundel, Paolo Yao, Abigail Aleksander, Maisie Woodford, Simon Lelievre, Solal Mariotte, Baptiste Cazaux

With any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, Jan Martens is for the first time fully turning his attention to the main stage. A production about the power that lies in being out of step, performed by a seventeen-strong, atypical corps de ballet made up of unique personalities.

The heterogeneous group of dancers spans several generations, the youngest being 17 and the eldest 70, with significant differences between them in terms of track record and technical background. In any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, they seek their own voice within the dance and beyond, looking for an idiom that fits them like a glove. One by one they claim their place on stage, without cutting off the others for all that. A horizontal exercise in giving each other the necessary space, while being careful not to steal the limelight.

any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones is a rich performance that does not hesitate to seek out the ecstatic. In times of extreme polarization, this group sets social dogmas aside to recognize and embrace a range of distinct identities. Being uninhibitedly themselves – in both life and art – with the stage as their ideological testing ground. They are supported by a soundtrack that consists of atypical protest songs from different ages – from Henryk Gorecki via Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln to Kae Tempest.

artistic assistance: Anne-Lise Brevers lighting design: Jan Fedinger assistance lighting design: Vito Walter costume design: Cédric Charlier assistance costume design: Alexandra Sebbag, Thibault Kuhn technical direction: Michel Spang technicians: Michel Spang, Valentijn Weyn/Bart Van Hoydonck, Nele Verreyken production manager: Sylvie Svanberg production assistance: Marie Luyten, Saskia Vervoort

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