8-11 February, 20.00-21.00
deSingel, Antwerp
www.troubleyn.be
Preparation Mortis is a dance solo
about life as preparation for death.
Sound macabre? Not at all. Jan
Fabre’s work is a celebration – a
colourful, rhythmic performance
meant to remind us that this life is
transitory. “Death makes us look at
life differently – more completely,
more intensely,” asserts the Flemish
multidisciplinary artist and head of
Antwerp-based company Troubleyn.
We see dancer Lisa May rise from the
dead, one limb, breath and bare foot
at a time. She wriggles and writhes
her way across a carpet of red,
yellow, white and purple flowers,
all the while grasping and clawing,
hungry for life. Set to a hauntingly
beautiful arrangement by Bernard
Foccroulle, this Belgian premiere
is not to be missed. And, later, not
easily forgotten. Robyn Boyle
Brussels
Like Me More Like Me: Contemporary dance piece by American
performance artist Scott Heron and improvisational artist Thomas
Hauert, on the fundamental human need to belong to a community
FEB 1-4 20.30 at Kaaistudio’s, OL -Vrouw van Vaakstraat 81
www.kaaitheater.be
Lokeren (East Flanders)
Island of No Memories: Kaori Ito and her dancers perform an inspired
show based on the need to escape from our daily responsibilities
FEB 4 20.15 at CC Lokeren, Kerkplein 5
www.lokeren.be/cultuur
Ronse (West Flanders)
Frederico Ordoñez Trio: Powerful Flamenco dance and music
FEB 4 20.00-22.00 at CC De Brouwerij, Zuidstraat 19
www.ronse.be
6 March, 20.00
Charlatan, Ghent
www.charlatan.be
All the way from San
Francisco, 24-year-old Nick
Waterhouse is here to show
Flanders why he’s a rising star
on the US rhythm and blues
scene. In the style of other
contemporary retro souls like
Amy Winehouse and Aloe
Blacc, Waterhouse is bringing
back the oldies, but with a
sound that’s all his own. Don’t
be fooled by the angelic face
and 1940s yearbook look; this
guy knows how to bring the
house down using only his
guitar and rocking vocals. RB
Aalst
Admiral Freebee: Intimate rock concert by Flemish musician Tom
Van Laere, aka Admiral Freebee
FEB 4 20.00 at CC De Werf, Molenstraat 51
www.ccdewerf.be
Brussels
Gabriel Rios: Solo show by the Ghent- and New York-based Puerto-
Rican pop and world music sensation
FEB 2 20.00 at Ancienne Belgique, Anspachlaan 110
www.abconcerts.be
Roeselare
Lady Linn and Her Magnificent Seven: The Flemish jazz and swing
it-girl and her fabulous big band
FEB 2 20.00 at CC De Spil, H Spilleboutdreef 1
www.despil.be
© Olivier Boeuf
4 February, from 22.00
Petrol, Antwerp
www.radiomodern.be
Party like it’s 1964! Radio Modern is known for its great retro parties, but this one is really smokin’. Think knee-high white platforms, wild hairdos and miniskirted go-go dancers. The main room features sexy, danceable rock music from the ’60s to present day. Catacombo, those stylish mod rockers from Antwerp, give a live concert, and the Gigolos in Retirement follow up with a fantastic DJ set. Meanwhile in the Club, where the room is smaller and hotter, Dandy Flo will take you on a trip from Motown to soul while London’s burlesque kitten, Cherry Shakewell, gets things moving together with DJs Boni and Ungawa. The whole shebang is MCd by French show girl Lady Flo (pictured). RB
Brussels
Mr Slick: Brussels DJ spinning the best of rockabilly, surf, R&B, psychobilly and garage
FEB 3 22.00 at Le Fonograf, Violetstraat
www.lefonograf.be
Hasselt
Future Past featuring Darren Emerson: Progressive tech house from the legendary UK DJ and dance world pioneer, formerly of Underworld
FEB 4 22.00 at The Zoo, Kempische Steenweg 106
www.thezoo.be
7 February, 20.15
Flagey, Brussels
www.flagey.be
Israeli author David Grossman grabbed
the world’s attention with his 2008
novel To the End of the Land. He started
the story about a mother who runs
away from the anxiety of waiting for
her son to return from military service
in the West Bank when his own eldest
son was off at war. He finished the novel
years later, shortly after his youngest son was killed in the Second Lebanon
War. His views on the Israel-Palestine conflict have created controversy
in his home country, but Grossman continues to write with impassioned
intelligence and empathy. And so, too, does he speak in front of an audience.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the prize-winning novelist talk about
the need to tell stories in times of war and uncertainty, about the Jewish-
Arab conflict and its effect on our perception of fear and death and about
the all-encompassing importance of family. (In English and French). RB
Brussels
Luckas Vander Taelen: The Flemish documentarian and Groen party
member talks about the problems he sees escalating in his home city,
Brussels (in Dutch)
FEB 7 12.30 at Passa Porta, Antoine Dansaertstraat 46
www.passaporta.be
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