GHOSTBUSTERS is a performance that explores our spectral relationship to memory, time and reality. Conceived with five physical, musical and/or vocal performers, the performance is inspired by the notion of hauntology  (imagined by philosopher Jacques Derrida and later developed by music critic Mark Fisher), which describes, among other things, the accumulation of ghostly traces of the past as we move into the future.
Steven Michel’s aim is to translate, choreographically and musically, the idea of survival and erasure, embodiment and disappearance, delay and anticipation.

Our ‘present’ moment is constantly being amused, disturbed, mocked and terrorized by memories, impressions and feelings of past events. Our ‘present’ moment is also being altered, assaulted, preoccupied,distorted and affected by future events or moments. We project the present into the past and hallucinate the future while believing we are looking at the present. We are never where we appear to be.

What do these ghosts say about us? Our spirits? Our beliefs? Our fears? Our rituals?
A hybrid form combining recording sessions, dance mania and vocal mantra, the performance GHOSTBUSTERS is a ghost in itself. It seeks to take shape in the bodies and voices of the performers, in the theatrical space and in the lived or unlived memory of the audience. It seeks hosts in order to express itself.

CREDITS
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY Steven Michel
SOUND COMPOSITION Raphaëlle Latini
DRAMATURGY Lynda Rahal
PERFORMERS, CREATED FOR AND WITH Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher, Inga Huld Hakonardottir, Marina Sangra, Nathan Ooms
LIGHTING DESIGN Max Adams
COSTUMES to be confirmed
VOCAL COACHING Valérie Joly
OUTSIDE EYE Cherish Menzo
SOUND ENGINEERING Jo Heijens
TOUR TECHNICIANS to be confirmed
PRODUCTION GRIP (Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Nele Verreyken)
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION A Propic – Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent
CO-PRODUCTION Les SUBS – lieu vivant d’expériences artistiques, Espace Pasolini, Charleroi danse – centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, ICI – CCN Montpellier-Occitanie, Perpodium
RESIDENCIES Espace Pasolini, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, STUK, ICI – CCN Montpellier-Occitanie, Charleroi danse – centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, CAMPO
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest

Photo by Steven Michel

For more informations, press map, financial and technical conditions please contact Line Rousseau or Marion Gauvent