Cadavre Exquis
the performance
Kassys creates this new project in collaboration with Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US), Tim Crouch (UK) and Nicole Beutler (DE/NL). They will do this according to the principle of a Cadavre Exquis, which is also the title; each company will make a part of 15 minutes that starts with the last image of the previous part, without knowing what preceded that last image. Everything else is open: the set may get changed or even destroyed, extras can being added, a dance performance can suddenly become a film or the other way around and the story can go either way.
credits
Directors
Liesbeth Gritter (Kassys), Pavol Liska & Kelly Copper (Nature Theater Van Oklahoma), Tim Crouch & Nicole Beutler (NBprojects)
Performers
Esther Snelder, Hannah Ringham, Jarid Rychtarik, Bas Van Rijnsoever
Coordination
Mette Van Der Sijs
Lighting design and technique
Adriaan Beukema
Business manager
Merrill Abrahamsm
Coproducers
Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Gent), Under The Radar Festival (New York), Kunstencentrum Buda (Kortrijk), Culturgest (Lissabon), Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Zuricher Theaterspektakel Festival (Zürich)
reviews
Each maker elaborated on the last sixty seconds of the previous section. The result is a multi-faceted, surprising and humorous presentation. ***
(Erica Smits, Theaterkrant, 26/9/2012)
Is it a worthwhile experiment, or an exercise in developmental madness? Both simultaneously, it seems.
(Van Badham, theguardian.com, 18/1/2014)
This is an interesting and overall successful experiment which is alternately comic and touching and is performed with a warmth it is difficult not to absorb.
(Sophie Lieven, onestoparts.com, 13/9/2012)