INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
A wave rises and breaks in empty space. The images culminate with the cadence of the tides, something small transforms into something larger-than-life. The most recent work by Belgian choreographer and artist Miet Warlop develops a powerful visual maelstrom created by an unequal community of six performers and 4,000 metres of fabric in constant movement. INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE refers to the state of mind of inner turmoil, when a flood of images pours down before the mind’s eye, thoughts pile up in your head, and emotions overwhelm you. The fabrics flow, shift, bulge and overlap. With nods to Greek mythology, and not devoid of humour, this tour de force leads us into an impressive universe that provides a stage for human fears, desires and secrets.
A joint project by Tanzquartier Wien and Wiener Festwochen
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born in 1978 in Tourhout, Belgium, studied multimedia arts at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent and works in Ghent, Berlin, and Brussels. Her multiple award-winning works range between performance and installation. Warlop usually leads the audience into surreal worlds and weird experiments with perception. In 2012, she created Mystery Magnet, which has been shown more than a hundred times worldwide. Other widely discussed works include Big Bears Cry Too and Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break. After showing her audience favourite One Song: Histoire(s) du Théâtre IV at TQW in 2023, Miet Warlop will be back in Vienna with her latest work INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE, which will be premiered at the Brussels Kunstenfestivaldesarts in May 2025. Miet Warlop has been selected to represent the Belgian Pavilion at the 61st Biennale di Venezia in 2026.
Credits
Concept, direction Miet Warlop Music in collaboration with DEEWEE With Milan Schudel, Emiel Vandenberghe, MargaridaRamalhete, Lara Chedraoui, Mattis Clement, Elias Demuynck Scenography Miet Warlop in collaboration with Mattis Clement Costumes Miet Warlop in collaboration with Elias Demuynck supervised by Tom Van Der Borght Light design Henri Emmanuel Doublier Light Pieter Kinoli Sound Ditten Lerooij Assistant director Marius Lefevre Production management Sylvie Svanberg Technical coordination Marjolein Demey Outside eyes Danai Anesiadou, Giacomo Bisordi General management Saskia Liénard Distribution Frans Brood Productions Production Miet Warlop / Irene Wool vzw Coproduction Kaaitheater (Brussels), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), La Biennale de la Danse (Lyon), Fondation Hermès, Tanzquartier Wien, Grande Halle de la Villette & Festival d’Automne à Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, NTGent, Tandem – Scène nationale (Arras-Douai), Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel (Hamburg), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), Romaeuropa Festival (Rome), Theaterfestival Boulevard (’s-Hertogenbosch), Athens Epidaurus Festival, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Sharjah Art Foundation, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Temporada Alta With the support of the Ammodo Foundation, the Government of Flanders, the City of Ghent, Perpodium and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government Thanks to Michelle Vosters, Jeroen Olyslaegers, Flup Beys, Micha Volders, Pol Heyvaert , Kenneth De Vos, Geert Viaene/Amotec, Florence Carlisi, LOD muziektheater, Milo Rau, Holding Textile Hermès, Lyon
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