After 19 years PUUR is back on stage! and the original cast (2005) will still be present in the film that is part of the show. Past and present intermingle, both in the theme of the show and now in reality.
Let's go back, no!, let's go on...
Revival of PUUR directed by Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez for the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, premier on MARCH 23rd, 2024.
Belgian all-around artist Wim Vandekeybus is among the internationally renowned choreographers and directors who formed the Flemish Wave in the 1980s. For the first time, Vandekeybus's work has become part of Ballet Vlaanderen's repertoire. This Opera Ballet is thus fully in keeping with the mission to continue to show and pass on important works by Flemish choreographers to a new generation of dancers and audiences. PUUR is an unmissable highlight of recent Flemish dance history.
«In his iconic performance PUUR, Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus explores extreme violence against innocents. Vandekeybus tells the story of a man who kills for fear of losing his power. For this, the choreographer was inspired not only by ancient mythologies and Herod's biblical infanticide, but also by contemporary genocides. In PUUR, Vandekeybus created deeply human character studies of epic proportions. In this hybrid performance, dance, theatre and film come together in a dark universe in which Vandekeybus' swirling movement language and sensual images never lose their poetic power.»
The images of this post are from Hereafter (the film version of PUUR), originally created and performed by Laura Arís, Tone Brulin, Elena Fokina, Robert M. Hayden, Krijn Hermans, Milan Herich, Germán Jauregui All, Jorge Jauregui Allue, Linda Kapetanea, Thi-Mai Nguyen, Manuel Ronda, Helder Seabra, Won-Myeong Won. Music: David Eugene Edwards
Thanks to the young, talented and super committed new cast of Ballet Vlaanderen: Jasmine Achtari, Tiemen Bormans, Anaïs De Caster, Yaiza Davilla Gómez, Lara Fransen, Mathew Johnson, Aleix Lacara I Server, David Ledger, Allison McGuire, Claudia Ortiz Arraiza, Taichi Sakai, Willem-Jan Sas, Rune Verbilt, Brent Daneels, Shane Upton, and their amazing rehersal director Ana Maria Lucaciu.
More info at https://www.operaballet.be/.../pro.../seizoen-2023-2024/puur