First Date is a concept that falls under the ongoing THE DATING PROJECT created by Dan Mussett.
It is a re-enactment of a first date between two strangers who are meeting each other for the first time. Blurring the line between real life and performance, two participants are prompted to follow a series of instructions. By following these instructions, the participants slowly begin to discover each other, and as they do so start to play out a situation familiar to us all, of getting to know a stranger.
EXTRA INFO
Project year: 2021
Language: English
Project type: interactive concept
CREDITS
The Dating Project is Dan Mussett, Michael Strebel, Barbara T’Jonck, Vincent Van Dijk & Bianca Zueneli
Executive producer wpZimmer
Co-production by C-TAKT, KAAP, De Studio, Europalia Arts Festival: Trains and Tracks, Storm op Komst, Bozar & Brakke Grond
Special thanks to Tuning People, GRIP, Andreas Fleck, Zehra Proch, Pauline Scharmann, Rubina Pabani, Laurent Delom, MAXLab, CREATIE, Beatrice Peadrini and all the participants who have taken part in the many & many try-outs
With the support of the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, City of Antwerp, Flemish Government Activiteiten Premie
PROJECT DATES
06/03/2021, 15:00h, Bar Leon, Antwerp (BE)
19/05/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
20/05/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
21/05/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
22/05/2022, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)