VOICE NOISE

Jan Martens / GRIP

28/03/2025 29/03/2025

Duration: 1:30
Location : Salle de la Grande Main

Since the beginnings of Greek civilization, women’s voices have only been subject to mockery, often considered superfluous – or even more brutally, as irritating – and constantly silenced by associations with monstrosity, disorder, and death.

Yet, from childhood, women’s voices were of paramount importance to Jan Martens. So, to pay tribute to these unknown voices, the Belgian choreographer – who had stirred crowds at the Avignon Festival with his sumptuous spectacle any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, presented at the Théâtre de Liège in February 2023 – delves into the history of music to resurrect these graceful and powerful, unknown or forgotten voices, and shape an alternative canon.

In VOICE NOISE, six dancers confront recordings in which women’s voices unfold in different forms: humming, rocking, screaming, whispering, singing… Departing from the rhythm and exhaustion of his recent shows, Jan Martens creates a rupture in his work here with a piece attentive to detail and subtlety, thus generating new definitions of grace and elegance.

Calendar

Date Hour

Friday, March 28 7:00 pm Book

Saturday, March 29 7:00 pm Book

Tarifs

Plein tarif 31 €
65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 26 €
-30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 13 €
Groupe scolaire 8 €
-15ans 7 €
Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €

Book

Distributions

Choreography Jan Martens
Co-creation and performance Elisha Mercelina, Steven Michel, Courtney May Robertson, Mamadou Wagué, Loeka Willems, Sue-Yeon Youn and/or Pierre Adrien Touret, Zora Westbroek
Music 13 musical pieces created/sung by women; full list at www.grip.house
Rehearsal directors Zora Westbroek, Naomi Gibson
Lighting design Jan Fedinger
Costume design Sofie Durnez
Set design Joris van Oosterwijk
Sound engineers Vincent Philippart, Valentijn Weyn, Jo Heijens
Vocal coaching Ine Claes, Maxime Montjotin
Set construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
Costume realization Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
Stage Malick Cissé, Sien Wils
Artistic advice Marc Vanrunxt, Rudi Meulemans, Femke Gyselinck
Trailer and teasers Stanislav Dobák
Graphic design Nick Mattan
Tour technicians Elke Verachtert, Valentijn Weyn, Vincent Philippart
Production GRIP (Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Ruud Van Moorleghem, Nele Verreyken)
International distribution A Propic – Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent, Lara van Lookeren
Coproduction La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, Maison de la Danse de Lyon Pôle européen de production, DeSingel international arts center, Théâtre de Liège, Julidans Amsterdam, Le Manège Scène nationale de Reims, Romaeuropa festival, DDD Festival Dias da Dança Teatro Rivoli Porto, Scène nationale de Forbach, Charleroi danse, Festspielhaus St-Pölten, Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Équinoxe Scène nationale de Châteauroux, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium
Residencies La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, DeSingel, Charleroi danse
Support Flemish Government, Tax Shelter from the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF