any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones (2021)
Jan Martens & GRIP & Dance On Ensemble
‘Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars and molecules all come in communities. The singular cannot really exist.’ – Paula Gunn Allen in Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman’s Sourcebook
With any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, Jan Martens is for the first time fully turning his attention to the main stage. A production about the power that lies in being out of step, performed by a seventeen-strong, atypical corps de ballet made up of unique personalities.
The heterogeneous group of dancers spans several generations, the youngest being 18 and the eldest 71, with significant differences between them in terms of track record and technical background. In any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, they seek their own voice within the dance and beyond, looking for an idiom that fits them like a glove. One by one they claim their place on stage, without cutting off the others for all that. A horizontal exercise in giving each other the necessary space, while being careful not to steal the limelight.
any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones is a rich performance that does not hesitate to seek out the ecstatic. In times of extreme polarization, this group sets social dogmas aside to recognize and embrace a range of distinct identities. Being uninhibitedly themselves – in both life and art – with the stage as their ideological testing ground. They are supported by a soundtrack that consists of protest songs from different ages – from Henryk Górecki via Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln to Kae Tempest.
Selected for Het TheaterFestival 2022
CREDITS
CHOREOGRAPHY: Jan Martens
DANCE: 17 out of these dancers: Abigail Aleksander, Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Camilla Bundel, Jim Buskens, Baptiste Cazaux, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Simon Lelievre, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Solal Mariotte, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Courtney May Robertson, Laura Vanborm, Zora Westbroek, Loeka Willems, Lia Witjes-Poole, Maisie Woodford, Paolo Yao
ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE: Anne-Lise Brevers
LIGHTING DESIGN: Jan Fedinger
ASSISTANCE LIGHTING DESIGN: Vito Walter
COSTUME DESIGN: Cédric Charlier
ASSISTANCE COSTUME DESIGN: Alexandra Sebbag and Thibault Kuhn
ADVICE: Marc Vanrunxt, Renée Copraij, Rudi Meulemans and Siska Baeck
TEXT: fragment SPRING by Ali Smith. Copyright © 2019, Ali Smith, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited
MUSIC: “Concerto pour Clavecin et Cordes Op 40” Réf Im: 108884 Musique de Henryk Mikolaj Górecki © PWM Editions représenté par Alphonse Leduc Editions Musicales,
“People’s Faces” written by Kae Tempest and Dan Carey © Published and Administered by Domino Publishing Company Limited (50%) and MANATA LTD Administrated by Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V. (50%),
“Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace” written by Maxwell Roach © Published by Milma Publishing Company Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Limited.
TECHNICAL DIRECTION: Michel Spang
TOURING TECHNICIANS: Michel Spang and Valentijn Weyn/Vincent Philippart
PHOTOGRAPHY: Phile Deprez
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Luis Xertu
TEASERS AND TRAILERS: Stanislav Dobak and Jan Fedinger
PRODUCTION: GRIP
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Dance On Ensemble
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: A Propic / Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent and Lara van Lookeren
COPRODUCTION: DE SINGEL (Antwerp, BE), Theater Freiburg (DE), Sadler’s Wells (London, UK), Julidans (Amsterdam, NL), Festival d’Avignon (FR), Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix Hauts-de-France (FR), Norrlandsoperan (Umeå, SE), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève & l’ADC – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine Genève (CH), tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, DE), Le Parvis Scène Nationale Tarbes-Pyrénéés (Tarbes, FR), La Danse en grande forme – Projet de l’A-CDCN et de l’ACCN : Cndc – Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture – CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux – La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur – CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Collectif Fair-e / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, Le Gymnase | CDCN Roubaix | Hauts-de-France, POLE-SUD CDCN / Strasbourg et La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse Occitanie and Perpodium (BE)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: De Grote Post (Ostend, BE), CCNO – Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans in collaboration with la Scène nationale d’Orléans, Charleroi danse – Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE) and December Dance (Concertgebouw and CC Brugge) (BE)
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: the Flemish Government, the city of Antwerp, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and Cronos Invest
THANKS TO: Wannes Labath, de! Kunsthumaniora, Nadine Scheuer, Mr. Jean Chabert (STANLEY/STELLA)
AGENDA
under construction
2023
February 2023
3 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Teatro Central, Sevilla (ES)
4 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Teatro Central, Sevilla (ES)
7 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – STUK, Leuven (BE)
8 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – STUK, Leuven (BE)
11 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Théâtre de Liège, Liege (BE) double bill
March 2023
10 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Maison de la Culture, Amiens (FR)
13 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Le Bateau Feu, Dunkerque (FR)
16 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Comédie / CCNC Caen (FR)
17 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Comédie / CCNC Caen (FR)
21 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Le Phénix, scène nationale, Valenciennes (FR)
28 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)
29 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)
April 2023
1 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Scene Nationale, Albi (FR)
4 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Équinoxe, Chateauroux (FR)
7 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – TAP, Poitiers (FR)
14 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO)
15 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO)
May 2023
6 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana (SL)
11 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Villette / Theatre de la Ville, Paris (FR)
12 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Villette / Theatre de la Ville, Paris (FR)
13 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Villette / Theatre de la Ville, Paris (FR)
16 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Sceaux, Les Gemeaux (FR)
17 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Sceaux, Les Gemeaux (FR)
Previous dates
2022
January 2022
19 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Stuk, Leuven (BE)
28 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus Oslo (NO)
29 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus Oslo (NO)
February 2022
1 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus Stockholm (SE)
2 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dansens Hus Stockholm (SE)
4 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Noorlandsoperan, Umea (SE)
5 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Noorlandsoperan, Umea (SE)
March 2022
5 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Tanzhaus NRW, Dusseldorf (DE Premiere)
6 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Tanzhaus NRW, Dusseldorf (DE)
10 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Pôle Sud CDCN & Le Maillon, Strasbourg (FR)
11 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Pôle Sud CDCN & Le Maillon, Strasbourg (FR)
19any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Mercat del Flores, Barcelona (ES)
20 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Mercat del Flores, Barcelona (ES)
April 2022
5 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Scène Nationale d’Orléans (FR)
8 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Le Parvis, Tarbes (FR)
May 2022
24 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)
25 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)
27 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin (IRL)
28 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin (IRL)
June 2022
10 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
12 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Nona, Mechelen (BE)
September 2022
8 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Het Theaterfestival, NTGent, Gent (BE)
9 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Het Theaterfestival, NTGent, Gent (BE)
25 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – BITEF, Belgrade (SR)
28 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Roma Europa, Rome (IT)
29 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Roma Europa, Rome (IT)
October 2022
6 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Comédie, Clermont Ferrand, (FR)
7 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – La Comédie, Clermont Ferrand (FR)
11 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR)
12 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR)
14 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – FAB, Bordeaux (FR)
15 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – FAB, Bordeaux (FR)
20 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Nowy Teatr, Warsaw (PL)
21 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Nowy Teatr, Warsaw (PL)
November 2022
8 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Euro-Scene Festival, Leipzig (DE)
12 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Tanzfestival Rhein Main, Darmstadt (DE)
December 2022
10 any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones – Concertgebouw, Bruges (BE)
2021
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May 2021
04 Sadler’s Wells LONDON UK
05 Sadler’s Wells LONDON UK
July 2021
18 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
19 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
20 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
22 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
23 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
24 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
25 any attempt will end… – Festival d’Avignon, Avignon FR
August 2021
26 any attempt will end… – ITA Amsterdam (NL)
27 any attempt will end… – ITA Amsterdam (NL)
September 2021
10 any attempt will end… – Pavillon de la Danse, Festival de la Bâtie, Geneva (CH)
11 any attempt will end… – Pavillon de la Danse, Festival de la Bâtie, Geneva (CH)
12 any attempt will end… – Pavillon de la Danse, Festival de la Bâtie, Geneva (CH)
18 any attempt will end…- Teatro Rivoli, Porto (PT)
October 2021
13 any attempt will end… Place de la Danse & Théâtre de la Cité, Toulouse (FR)
14 any attempt will end… Place de la Danse & Théâtre de la Cité, Toulouse (FR)
20 any attempt will end… – Charleroi Danse, Brussels (BE)
22 any attempt will end… – deSingel, Antwerp (BE) option
23 any attempt will end… – deSingel, Antwerp (BE) option
27 any attempt will end… – De Warande, Turnhout (BE)
28 any attempt will end… – Stadsschouwburg Utrecht (NL)
November 2021
16 any attempt will end… – CNDC Angers (FR)
December 2021
10 any attempt will end… Opera Gent (BE)
11 any attempt will end… – Concertgebouw, Brugge (BE)
2020
April 2020
23 deSingel ANTWERP BE (World premiere)
24 deSingel ANTWERP BE
25 deSingel ANTWERP BE
May 2020
07 Vlaamse Opera icw Vooruit GHENT BE
29 Charleroi Danse CHARLEROI BE
June 2020
27 Theater Freiburg FREIBURG DE (DE premiere)
July 2020
Julidans AMSTERDAM NL (NL premiere)
August 2020
28 La Bâtie – Festival de Genève GENEVA CH (CH premiere)
29 La Bâtie – Festival de Genève GENEVA CH
30 La Bâtie – Festival de Genève GENEVA CH
31 La Bâtie – Festival de Genève GENEVA CH
21 Dansens Hus OSLO NO (NO premiere)
22 Dansens Hus OSLO NO
23 Dansens Hus OSLO NO
September 2020
11 tanzhaus nrw DÜSSELDORF DE
12 tanzhaus nrw DÜSSELDORF DE
Fall 2020 Concertgebouw Brugge BRUGES BE
** October 2020 Spring in Autumn UTRECHT NL
19 September 2020 Theater Rotterdam / Art of Performing Week ROTTERDAM NL
Photo: Luis Xertu
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