Lijfbouwers (Building Bodies)

Lijfbouwers (Building Bodies)

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31 Jan '25
20:00
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01 Feb '25
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03 Feb '25
10:00
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03 Feb '25
14:00
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04 Feb '25
10:00
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04 Feb '25
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06 Feb '25
14:00
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06 Feb '25
20:00
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Tue
11 Feb '25
13:45
CC de Herbakker, Eeklo
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Pastoor De Nevestraat 10
9900 Eeklo

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18 Feb '25
13:30
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11 Mar '25
14:00
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26 Mar '25
10:00
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26 Mar '25
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An ode to our strength and our vulnerability.

For 'Lijfbouwers' (Building Bodies), choreographer/creator Jotka Bauwens challenges three stage performers to a physical and mental rollercoaster. Under the guidance of world bodybuilding champion Kurt De Taeye, performers Elias Vandenbroucke, Patrick Vervueren and Jeffrey Jackson Loewenicht follow a professional bodybuilding workout for two months. Their bodies are measured, nutrition schedules drawn up, a daily workout established. They get a workout in which the body and mind face major challenges.

Which feelings, thoughts or physical sensations are released?
Who experiences new strengths, or who gets frustrated?
How far will they (want to) go?
What does this do to each of them as a person, what does this do to them as a group?

Searching for answers to all of these questions, they build ‘Lijfbouwers' together with Jotka. A visual-physical performance about strength, insecurities and vulnerability. One thing is certain: our bodies and minds are capable of much more than we think.

 

‘Lijfbouwers’ grew out of dancer/choreographer Jotka Bauwens' personal story and journey. After her dance training, she still didn't feel in her power. Jotka searched for what she was missing as a dancer, and discovered fitness and power training. What struck her was the vulnerability in those chilly gyms. In her own way, it made her feel at home and safe. Through power training, she built a strong armour around her own insecurities and her body found more strength than ever before. As a dancer/player, she blossomed - more self-confident as she was - on stage. The gym became a place of inspiration and her fascination and appreciation for a more extreme form of power training like bodybuilding remains. 'Lijfbouwers’ is a form of gratitude to the body and the mind. An ode to our strength and our vulnerability.

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PRODUCTION BY KOPERGIETERY & KGbe

CONCEPT & DIRECTION: Jotka Bauwens
WITH: Jeffrey Jackson Loewenicht, Elias Vandenbroecke, Patrick Vervueren
FINAL DIRECTION: Randi De Vlieghe
COACHING: Fée Roels
COSTUMES: Valerie Le Roy
WITH THE SUPPORT OF the Tax Shelter measurement of the Belgian federal government via Flanders tax shelter

Jotka Bauwens graduated from the contemporary dance programme at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2013. As a child/youngster, she was associated with the theatre workshops of KOPERGIETERY. She currently works as a dancer, actress and maker, as well as being a physical coach/dance teacher for theatre productions and film. In recent years, she has performed for theatre houses BRONKS, FroeFroe, Theater De Spiegel and dOFt, among others. In 2016, she made her first own creation 'MEIS', a dance piece around gender and sexuality. Jotka also works regularly as a dance and theatre teacher at hetpaleis and KOPERGIETERY.

Jeffrey Jackson Loewenicht is a HipHop, Krump and Electro dancer, choreographer, music producer, actor and theatre maker. He co-founded the Utrecht-based performing arts collective MENSJA in 2019. Jeffrey discovered dance at a young age, from the local dance school his passion for different dance cultures grew. Mainly 'freestyling' suited him, later he became a forerunner in Electro. He won Kunstbende 2016, the Dutch TV dance programme 'Time To Dance' and electro dance festival 'Frequency'.

Elias Vandenbroucke is a creator, performer, musician and singer. He studied cabaret at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. For his graduation project 'Kluster' with Gode Kempen, he received the prize of the youth jury at Theater Aan Zee and the Best international performance award at the Fringe festival in Amsterdam. As an actor, he appeared on stage for Laika, Ontroerend Goed and Orkater, among others.

Patrick Vervueren is an artist/theatre maker with the frieda collective. As an actor, he has performed for Nevski Prospekt, FroeFroe, KOPERGIETERY and Laika and in various Flemish TV series. For several years, he has also been a theatre teacher in the KOPERGIETERY theatre workshops.