Salome's infamous veil dance on a silver plate
Salome has been turning heads for centuries with her infamous Dance of the Seven Veils. Like many others, her ultimate surrender to seduction was hatched by a series of male artists. Dance of the Seven Veils strips Salome and considers the core of universal human nature, revealing and concealing inner contradictions. An unveiled Salome dances her dance in her palace of stereotypes: the inescapability of human primal forces on a silver platter.
Director Aïda Gabriëls invites musicians Colin H. Van Eeckhout (CHVE & Amenra) and Pieter-Jan Van Assche (Innerwoud) together with soprano Astrid Stockman for a sweltering banquet beyond the boundaries of their own genre. Fuelled by their multilayered soundscape, dancer German Jauregui joins the entourage for a dance, releasing primal forces and fears. Visual artist Rui Barros manipulates and gets manipulated by his very own creations.
Credits
- Concept | Direction • Aïda Gabriëls
- Libretto • Ylona Supèr
- Music • Astrid Stockman / Colin H. Van Eeckhout / Innerwoud
- Live scenography • Rui Barros
- Dramaturgy • Ylona Supèr / Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze
- Costumes • Kjell De Meersman / Noa Kapchitz
- Light design • Davy Deschepper
- Dance • German Jauregui
| Location | Dates | Hour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| deSingel Antwerpen (Antwerpen) +32 3 248 28 28 www.desingel.be | 29/4/2021 | 20:00 | cancelled by corona |
| LOD (Gent) +32 9 266 11 33 www.lod.be | 6/5/2021 7/5/2021 | 20:00 20:00 | cancelled by corona cancelled by corona |
| O. (Rotterdam) + 31 1 436 60 70 https://o-festival.nl/ | 13/5/2021 14/5/2021 | 20:00 20:00 | cancelled by corona cancelled by corona |
| Ancienne Belgique (Brussel) +32 2 548 24 84 https://www.abconcerts.be | 22/5/2021 | 20:00 | cancelled by corona |
| NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg – Neue Oper Freiburg (Fribourg) https://nof.ch | 29/5/2021 29/5/2021 | 17:00 20:00 | try-out try-out |
| INSPIRATUM (Wijnegem ) +32 3 355 33 00 www.axel-vervoordt.com | 8/6/2021 | 20:00 | cancelled by corona |