Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Two years ago, Maria Hassabi presented On Stage at the festival that left a lasting impression, marked by her signature slowness and magnetic intensity. She now returns with a new group choreography, presented as a world premiere in Bozar’s newly renovated theatre.
For this creation, Hassabi places a long bench along the lip of the proscenium, redefining the stage as a narrow, linear space. Along this line, five performers move through a series of meticulously composed tableaus, their bodies suspended between rest, anticipation, and observation, sustaining a continuous tension within their unfolding narrative. The bench becomes at once a support, a display, and a frame for the choreography. Facing the audience, the performers establish a parallel field of attention.
Alone and together, among themselves and with the audience, they negotiate presence moment by moment. In this space, our gaze is drawn into one of the festival’s most radical forms of spectatorship, as each gesture traces a choreography of dots and signs, a sentence we are endlessly invited to compose.
Practical information
Dates
Location
Hall M
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELSPlease confirm your attendance with a wheelchair during online reservation or through box office, Accessible for wheelchair users | ⧖ 1h | €22 / €18
Buy a ticket (starting April 8th)
17.05.2026 : 20:00 - 21:00
18.05.2026 : 21:00 - 22:00 + Aftertalk moderated by Michelangelo Miccolis (EN)
19.05.2026 : 20:00 - 21:00
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Bozar | Concept: Maria Hassabi | Dancers: Elena Antoniou, Georges Labbat, Oisin Managhan, Thanos Ragousis, Sara Tan | Assistants: Chariloas Meletiou, Maribeth Nartatez | Sound design: Stavros Gasparatos, Maria Hassabi | Lighting design: Aliki Danezi Knutsen | Stage manager: Hugues Girard | Architectural study: Elina Zampetakis, Maria Hassabi | Production and studio manager: Vassia Magoula Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Bozar, Sharjah Art Foundation, PS21 Chatham NY, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Tanzquartier Wien, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago With the support of the Ammodo Foundation and the cultural program support of the Cypriot Presidency of the EU | Thanks to KWP KunstenwerkplaatsUs is the project supported by the Friends of Kunstenfestivaldesarts in 2026
In the framework of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.
Co-production
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