Making Men
13 & 14.01.2023 at 20:00
14.01.2023 at 18:00
Tour à Plomb - Rue de l'Abattoir 24, 1000 Bruxelles
Tickets here
27.01.2022 at 20:00
Centre culturel MJC - Rue des Arts 22 - 7780 Comines
Tickets: billetterie@cccw.be
“Making Men is a magnificent, lively, profoundly modern piece that raises an especially important issue. Questioning masculinity is an essential subject and Dunia Dance Company has captured the essence. The choreography provides wonderful rhythm to the various stages of becoming a man.”
Flora Eveno - RTBF Culture
This project is a winner of the Africalia ECMS Call for Proposals 2018.
Exposé
Each performance is preceded by a short exposé on the theme of masculinity, to encourage a debate around this important issue in today’s society.
Film
An original film shot in Harare, Zimbabwe and Brussels, Belgium.
Performance
A live dance performance.
The work focusses on a group of individuals in the process of becoming men. Are they free to choose to do so in any way they deem appropriate, or are they forced into a mould? They proceed unquestioningly, as is expected, into manhood through various stages of their lives, adopting the clearly coded characteristics allowed by society.
However, a feeling of unease, in the very depths of their being, oppresses them. It’s as if they have donned ill-fitting garments made for someone else. They feel uncertainty and something else, harder to define…
They attempt to understand, question and express their doubts. They try to break free of invisible chains, to find their true selves. The choreography seeks to highlight the limits of the male stereotype for those who seek to experience the full range of human emotions.
Dates
20.02.2020
Atrium 57, Gembloux, Belgique
11>14.03.2020
Espace Magh, Bruxelles, Belgique
9>11.04.2020
Dance Salad Festival, Houston, United States
8 & 9.02.2019
Cineteatro D. João V, Amadora Lisbonne, Portugal
15.02.2019 - 20:30
Centre Culturel Ottignies-LLN, Belgique
23.02.2019 - 20:00
Centre Culturel Waterloo, Belgique
28.02 & 01.03.2019 - 20:00
Espace Magh, Bruxelles, Belgique
TEAM
Created & directed by
Harold George & Antoine Panier
Artistic advice
Vincent Kuentz
Dance
Harold George, Tinashe Jeri, Tatenda Chabarwa, Peter Lenso, Glendale Mudzimu, Carlton Zhanelo
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Special thanks to Philippe Jacquet of Yantra Académie de Danse and Thierry Delvigne of l’Ecole de Danse Menuet for their support.