Legend has it that skateboarding was born one day when low waves forced surfers onto the Los Angeles asphalt. Gliding through the streets, conquering every new obstacle, skateboarding has become a peculiar choreography that plays over the surface of our cities, reclaiming public space in fierce movements that cut across curves and boundaries.
Together with a group of skaters and dancers, Mette Ingvartsen explores the speed and energy of movement on wheels – a physical memory from her own youth. More than a smooth spectacle of virtuoso feats, "Skatepark" marks the emergence of a community – one defined by persistence and hard work within the ongoing practice of individuals who try, fall, and push the limits of the possible, alone but together.
Artist / Company Bio
Mette Ingvartsen is a Danish choreographer and dancer whose work is characterized by hybridity and which engages in extending choreographic practices by combining dance and movement with other domains such as visual art, technology, language and theory.
Credits
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Concept & choreography
Mette Ingvartsen -
With
Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary-Isabelle Laroche, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele and local skaters -
Choreographic assistant
Michaël Pomero -
Sound design
Anne van de Star, Peter Lenaerts -
Lighting design
Minna Tiikkainen -
Music
Felix Kubin, Mord Records, Why the eye, sonaBLAST! Records, Rrose, The Fanny Pads, Restive Plaggona -
Dramaturgy
Bojana Cvejić -
Costumes
Jennifer Defays -
Scenography
Pierre Jambé/Antidote -
Technical direction
Hans Meijer -
Sound technicians
Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson -
Lighting technicians
Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille -
Supervisor kids
Billie Meeussen, Victor Perez Hernandez -
Production and administration officer
Joey Ng -
Production
Oihana Azpillaga Camio -
Communication
Jeroen Goffings -
Management
Ruth Collier
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Premiere date and place
13.04.2023 Cndc, Angers