We're pretty fuckin' far from okay [2016]
We're pretty fuckin' far from okay is the third (and last) installment of Voetvolk|Lisbeth Gruwez' 'triptych on the ecstatic body', after It's going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend (2012) and AH/HA (2014): performances that gained great (international) recognition.
The basic principle of the show is the concrete physiological impact of fear. In We're pretty fuckin' far from okay, fear is studied as a biological phenomenon, not as a socio-cultural sensation. Not as acquired behaviour, but as evolutionary developed answer to the question "to fight, flight or freeze?" In We're pretty fuckin' far from okay 'nature' beats 'nurture' - although they are sometimes each other's nursing enemies.
Performers Lisbeth Gruwez and Wannes Labath (before: Nicolas Vladyslav) zoom in on what fear does to a body: they incorporate the haunted look, the accelerated heart rate, the shallow breathing. According to them, fear is a body in trance, reduced to its instincts.
In his turn, Maarten Van Cauwenberghe uses the unstable breathing patterns as the foundation of his soundscape, creating suspense as well as restfulness - not uncommonly at the very same time.
Pictures © Leif Firnhaber
Concept and choreography
Lisbeth Gruwez
Composition, sound design & assistance
Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
Performance
Lisbeth Gruwez & Wannes Labath
Dramaturgy
Bart Van den Eynde
Repetitor
Lucius Romeo-Fromm
Styling
Lisbeth Gruwez
Light design
Harry Cole & Caroline Mathieu
Scenography
Marie Szersnovicz, Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
Costumes
Alexandra Sebbag
Technical director
Thomas Glorieux
Production
Voetvolk vzw
Coproduction
La Batie-festival de Genève, KVS, Le Phare - Centre Choregraphique National du Havre Normandie, Theater Im Pumpenhaus, Les Brigittines, Tandem Arras-Douai, Weimar Kunstfest, MA Scène Nationale – Pays de Montbéliard & Troubleyn|Jan Fabre
Residencies
Troubleyn|Jan Fabre, Arts Centre BUDA, STUK & Les Brigittines
Diffusion
Key Performance
With the support of
NONA, the Flemish Community & the Flemish Community Commission
Pictures
Press
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Jul 22 2016 Les peurs, corps et âmes |
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Jul 2 2016 The only thing we have to fear |
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Jul 6 2016 Als angst door de zenuwbanen giert |
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Jul 19 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez' deconstruction of bodies in distress |
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Sep 12 2016 We're pretty fuckin' far from okay, Lisbeth Gruwez |
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Jul 5 2016 Angst in het lijf |
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Jul 21 2016 Le retour des enfants prodigues |
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Sep 5 2016 Les gestes de la peur |
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Jul 8 2016 Respirer, c'est être libre |
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Sep 4 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez observe l'effroi au microscope |
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Jul 21 2016 Le souffle de toutes les peurs |
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Sep 1 2016 Tänzerin klopft an die Himmelspforte |
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Jul 3 2016 Gruwez décortique la peur |
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Jul 29 2016 Intro-spectare |
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Jul 1 2016 Dansen in Avignon |
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Jul 24 2016 Gruwez: une danse de communication |
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Jul 14 2016 Anatomie de la peur |
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Jul 14 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez n'a peur de rien |
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May 25 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez de retour à L'Hippodrome pour sa nouvelle pièce |
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Jul 5 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez fait la peur belle à la danse |
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Jul 24 2016 Lisbeth Guwez, la force des failles |
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Jun 29 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez, We're pretty fuckin' far from okay |
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Jul 11 2016 Geslaagd julidans bezingt de mens |
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Jul 1 2016 Julidans biedt keuze tussen wrevel of omarmd worden |
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Jun 12 2016 Manipulaties Spiel mit der Angst |
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Jul 12 2016 Met kleren aan meer zeggingskracht |
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Jul 21 2016 Un corps pour mes peurs |
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Jul 21 2016 We're pretty fuckin' far from okay de Lisbeth Gruwez au Gymnase Paul Giéra |
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Jul 19 2016 Lisbeth Gruwez même pas peur |
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Jun 26 2016 We're pretty fuckin' far from okay - Avignon- entretien |
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Jul 26 2016 Anatomie de la peur |
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Jul 22 2016 La respiration de l'angoisse |
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Jun 12 2016 Zwangshandlungen auf der Bühne |
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Jul 22 2016 En guerre contre la peur |
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Jul 5 2016 De angst blijft in het duet van Lisbeth Gruwez ongedefinieerd, de angst staat centraal |
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Feb 3 2017 Alors on danse |
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Feb 27 2017 We're pretty fuckin' far from okay: pretty fuckin' fantastic |