Jan Martens: any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones
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2 performances
14.9-15.9.2023
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Duration
1 h 30 min, no intermission
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Venue
Erkko Hall
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Tickets
43–26 €
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2 performances
14.9-15.9.2023
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Duration
1 h 30 min, no intermission
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Venue
Erkko Hall
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Tickets
43–26 €
"I now dare to be more political."
– Jan Martens
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 atypical protest songs from different ages – from Henryk Gorecki via Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln to Kae Tempest.
The performances are part of the Dance House Helsinki's series of international guests, which brings the most interesting dance groups and artists to Finland. The series is supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and will take place during the opening years of the Dance House Helsinki 2022–2023.
“Le Sacre du Printemps shaking hands with Star Trek - -”
Ève Beauvallet, Libération, 20.07.2021
"In three words, "Any attempt", the most ambitious work of the Flemish choreographer, is profoundly right, unifying, and generous, both politically and aesthetically. In short, it is difficult to come away unscathed: by transmitting the energies of convergence and that of struggle at the same time, it comes as close as possible to an artistic shock. And what can be possibly more beautiful than that?"
Victor Inisan, IO Gazette, 23.07.2021
Since 2011, Jan Martens makes work that talks about how people relate to each other and to the here and now. This resulted in a wide array of pieces: a duet (SWEAT BABY SWEAT - 2011), solos (ODE TO THE ATTEMPT & lostmovements – 2014 & 2018), meetings between people who never saw each other before (THE COMMON PEOPLE - 2016) group pieces that are buzzing with surrender and ecstasy (THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER with 8 dancers & RULE OF THREE - 2014 & 2017), a work for young people that tackles issues such as gender diversity and gender equality (PASSING THE BECHDEL TEST – 2018).
TICKET INFORMATION
Standard ticket | 43 €
Discount tickets | 26 € Under 25, Students, Unemployed, Civil Servants, Conscripts. Please be prepared to present a certificate entitling you to a discount.
Pensioners | 39 €
Professional ticket | Members of STST and SVÄV: 26 €. Purchase limit one ticket.
Group ticket | Minimum amount 10 persons: 37 €. For group bookings contact: info@tanssintalo.fi
Pay What You Can | A small number of "Pay What You Can" tickets are also on sale for the performance. PWYC tickets are available at the info point that is located at the Cable Factory's Glass Courtyard and here. Read more about Pay What You Can tickets and other ticket information.
Note: To ensure good visibility to everyone, The Erkko Hall auditorium is steep. Please note that there is no lift to the upper section. Only the first row seats are fully accessible.
"With his highly anticipated first work for the big stage, the 37-year-old Belgian artist, on our radar since his debut in 2010, has gripped, fascinated, shaken and carried away [the audience]."
— Rosita Boisseau, Le Monde, 21.07.2021
Credits
Choreography
Jan Martens
Dance
Ty Boomershine, Truus Bronkhorst, Jim Buskens, Zoë Chungong, Piet Defrancq, Naomi Gibson, Kimmy Ligtvoet, Cherish Menzo, Steven Michel, Gesine Moog, Dan Mussett, Wolf Overmeire, Tim Persent, Courtney May Robertson, Laura Vanborm, Loeka Willems, and – alternating – Pierre Bastin, Georgia Boddez, Zora Westbroek, Lia Witjes-Poole, Camilla Bundel, Paolo Yao [on tour], Abigail Aleksander, Maisie Woodford, Simon Lelievre, Solal Mariotte [understudies] and Baptiste Cazaux [original cast member]
Artistic assistance
Anne-Lise Brevers
Lighting design
Jan Fedinger
ASSISTANCE LIGHTING DESIGN
Vito Walter
COSTUME DESIGN
Cédric Charlier
ASSISTANCE COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Sebbag, Thibault Kuhn
OUTSIDE EYE
Marc Vanrunxt, Renée Copraij, Rudi Meulemans & Siska Baeck
TEXT
excerpt from 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), Kae Tempest and Dan Carey: “People’s Faces” (Domino Publishing Company Limited (50%) & MANATA LTD & Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V. (50%)), “Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace” (Maxwell Roach, Milma Publishing Company & Kobalt Music Publishing Limited).
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Michel Spang
TECHNICIANS
Michel Spang, Valentijn Weyn/Vincent Philippart, or Bart Van Hoydonck/Nele Verreyken
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sylvie Svanberg
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
Marie Luyten, Saskia Vervoort
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Klaartje Oerlemans
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Ruud Van Moorleghem, before: Lotte De Mont
COMMUNICATIONS
Sam Loncke
PHOTOGRAPHY
Phile Deprez
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Luis Xertu
TRAILERS AND TEASERS
Paul Sixta, Stanislav Dobak & Jan Fedinger
PRODUCTION
GRIP
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Dance On Ensemble
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
A Propic / Line Rousseau & Marion Gauvent
CO-PRODUCTION
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 (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 and La Place de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse Occitanie) and Perpodium
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
De Grote Post (Ostend, BE), Charleroi Danse (BE), CCNO - Centre Chorégraphique National d'Orléans in collab. with la Scène nationale d’Orléans (FR) and December Dance (Concertgebouw and CC Brugge)
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
the Flemish Government, the city of Antwerp, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and Cronos Invest
Thanks to
Mr. Jean Chabert (STANLEY/STELLA), Wannes Labath, Nadine Scheuer and de! Kunsthumaniora
Support
The performances are part of the Dance House Helsinki's series of international guests, which brings the most interesting dance groups and artists to Finland. The series is supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and will take place during the opening years of the Dance House Helsinki 2022–2023.
