Galop

‘Rien de plus étranger que notre corps, ses plaisirs et ses souffrances. Dans quel langage traduit-il ce que nous sentons de lui. Ou dans lequel traduisons-nous ce qu’il est?’ – Paul Valéry

Gallop (Biography of a Body) tells the bizarre story of the life cycle of a body. It is a chronically ill body that has reached a turning point after forty years, and often seems to have a life of its own. Its service fails and resistance loses.

Dolores Bouckaert researches the complex and ambiguous relationship between her body and spirit, in which an irrepressible desire to move often conflicts with reality. Dolores Bouckaert’s co-star in this solo is – via film and audio – a fast and powerful horse. The two are one another’s opposites until they become interchangeable, when the horse’s gallop coincides with the rhythm of her heartbeat.

extra info

Project year: 2018
Première: 8 & 9/03/2018 – KAAP | De Werf (Bruges)

credits

Concept: Dolores Bouckaert
Performance: Dolores Bouckaert, Rodrigo Fuentealba
Artistic advice: Marc Vanrunxt
Musical composition: Rodrigo Fuentealba
Sound: Kwinten van Laethem
Camera: Grimm Vandekerkhove
Montage: Tom Denoyette
Costumes: Sofie Durnez
Set design: Guy Châtel
Set realization: Kompaan
Photography: Kris Dewitte
Production: Hiros
Co-production: KAAP, Kunst/Werk
In collaboration with CAMPO, wpZimmer, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek, Vooruit
With the support of the Flemish Government
Special thanks to Tanguy Eeckhout, the Animal Clinic of the Ghent University, Laurence Lefère