okt 15, 2009

La Valse

Created for the performance “Accords”, ZOO’s choreography on Maurice Ravel’s “La Valse” is presented independently as part of Thierry De Mey’s polyptych “Equi Voci” at Charleroi/Danses on 27 November 2009.

jan 2, 2006

Walking Oscar

Walking Oscar "I remember the difficulties I had as a child colouring in the human being. I used yellow, and pink and brown, I mixed the colours, but never achieved the colour of the human being, all the rest I was able to give the right colour, the clothes, the houses, the trees and the...

mrt 11, 2005

More or less sad songs

\'More or less sad songs\' is a movement based sung work in progress. Zoo (consisting of 6 performers) worked with the singing teacher Rahel Studer and pianist Alejandro Petrasso. The company performed existing songs -- developing basic musical and movement material from which "Walking...

apr 9, 2003

5

"5" (2003) is a confrontation of the five dance personalities of ZOO. They were given carte blanche to create a piece of their own. Some chose to go solo, others invited someone from outside for a duet. Hauert directed a group improvisation performed in silence on a common internal...

jan 16, 2002

Verosimile

Verosimile (2002) used dance and songs to explore such themes as group vs individual, conformity vs. identity, and appearing vs being.

apr 4, 2001

Do you Believe in Gravity? Do you Trust the Pilot?

Do you Believe in Gravity ? Do you Trust the Pilot? (2001) is a solo performance by Hauert for which he wrote songs as a complement to the dance and the electronic music. The texts, dealing with the self and the limitations of one\'s perspective, were explicitly inserted to create a particular...

jan 7, 2000

Jetzt

Jetzt (2000) is a study on movement between falling and landing, the creative potential of the body in a state of instability. Thelonious Monk\'s stumbling rhythms and surprising harmonic sequences forms the appropriate musical counterpart.

apr 23, 1999

Pop-Up Songbook

Pop-Up Songbook (1999) extrovert movements are alternated with moments of touching serenity. For the first time, Hauert also used the human voice - live, on tape and sampled. Hauert and his dancers experiment intensively on balance and gravity: for example, in a long sequence in this piece...

jan 28, 1998

Cows in Space

Cows in Space (1998) The title, inspired by the optical illusion of a train passenger who sees cows flashing by in the landscape, refers to the theme of relative movement. With its rich variety in movements and patterns, the performance made for a strong visual experience.

apr 26, 1997

Hobokendans

Who knows the movement possibilities of my body better than my body? In search of true creation rather than re-creation, my mind is challenging my body with tasks that go against its habits, and in return, my body is amazing my mind with its solutions, which are far more complex than...

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