KUDDES

XL
For young people (aged 13 and over) and adults.
The performance contains (very) little dialogue. It is not necessary to understand the language.
The performance contains (very) little dialogue. It is not necessary to understand the language.
KOPERGIETERY

Between dream and reality,
between intimacy and aggression,
21 teenagers move across the stage.
Butterflies seem to move like wild bison,
whilst bison turn out to flutter sensually.

Just like chattering groups of teenagers in a playground, this young herd moves in surprising ways with one another, alongside one another and, above all, towards one another.
Who joins in?
Who stays on the sidelines?
Would you offer yourself to the wolf with the red roses?

A dance performance featuring 21 young people from KOPERGIETERY’s theatre workshops.

The performance premiered at the second edition of Volt FESTIVAL in April 2026, the festival where only performances featuring children and/or young people on stage are shown. The festival is organised by BRONKS, hetpaleis & KOPERGIETERY.

In ‘Kuddes’, the Kopergietery workshops showcase an exceptional interplay between young people – young bodies – with their desires and their hesitations. They set boundaries, yet are constantly testing them. The result is an almost wordless group choreography... Boys and girls face each other; sometimes they find each other, sometimes the parting is irrevocable. Axelle Verkempinck and Hendrik Lebon have fostered a sense of trust within this large group of twenty-one young people. They reward them with a bold spectacle.PZAZZ, K. Tindemans

Dates in Ghent

Wed 23.09.26 — 15:00
Kopergietery Het Pand
Thu 24.09.26 — 10:00
Kopergietery Het Pand
Thu 24.09.26 — 14:00
Kopergietery Het Pand
Fri 25.09.26 — 14:00
Kopergietery Het Pand
Fri 25.09.26 — 20:00
Kopergietery Het Pand
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Credits

ENTIRE CAST:
Atiqullah Abdulrauf, Laith Aljarf, Aiko Benaouisse, Lena Clepkens, Ferre Clinckspoor, Una Collard, Lisa Coolen, Louise Demeyere,  Lasse De Beul, Iwein De Meyere, Tilly De Soete, Manon Fonck, Mats Fonck, Olivia Hollants, Lewis Lemmens, Mano Matthijnssens, Otis Mels, Astor Nijs, Lio Stockman, Renée Van den Brande, Lenne Van Gansen, Luwe Van Gucht, Juliette Vermeulen, Thor Vermeulen, Liam Vermont, Axelle Vrielynck, Mona Wybailli
CREATED WITH:
Atiqullah Abdulrauf, Laith Aljarf, Aiko Benaouisse, Lena Clepkens/Una Collard, Lisa Coolen, Louise Demeyere, Iwein De Meyere, Tilly De Soete, Manon Fonck, Mats Fonck/Astor Nijs, Olivia Hollants, Lewis Lemmens, Mano Matthijnssens/Ferre Clinckspoor, Otis Mels/Lasse De Beul, Lio Stockman, Renée Van den Brande, Lenne Van Gansen, Luwe Van Gucht, Juliette Vermeulen/Axelle Vrielynck, Thor Vermeulen, Liam Vermont
CONCEPT & DIRECTION:
Hendrik Lebon, Axelle Verkempinck
LIGHT & SOUND:
Lene Maesen, Jeroen Doise
COSTUMES:
Lilie-Lucia Altmann
PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Maaike Scheltjens
PRODUCTION:
KOPERGIETERY
WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
the Flemish Government and the city of Ghent
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