Creatures at rest

Durational performance

On a slowly turning plateau, three women perform a slow practice. Creatures at rest asks for the suspension of more usual paces and proposes a dive into the undercurrents of time by stretching out the duration of every sensory event. This choreographic work emerges from a long-term investigation of slow dance in the context of a hasty society.

In her essay Space as Atmosphere: Floating in a Molecular Bath*, Alice van der Wielen-Honinckx proposes the term ‘aesthetic boredom’ to describe an experience of relaxation which allows for attention to linger, meander freely. At the very opposite of boredom that makes us feel separate from our surroundings, aesthetic boredom would be an experience of relation and embeddedness. Or so to say, simply being touched by the way things are.

*Space as Atmosphere: Floating in a Molecular Bath (Carolyn F. Strauss ed., Valiz, Amsterdam)



Concept: Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx

Creation: Jeanne Colin, Salomé Genès, Robson Ledesma, Mariana Miranda, Sofia Rodriguez, Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx

Performance: Jeanne Colin, Emmi Väisänen, Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx

Sound: Stav Yeini

Costumes: Sofie Durnez, Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx

Scenography: Sofie Durnez, Benjamin Vandewalle

Assistant scenography: Tine Germer

Coaching: Christine De Smet

Co-production: DiR – Dance in Residence Brandenburg, Garage 29, KAAP, Musea Brugge, Playground (M Leuven & STUK).

With the support of: Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC), Vlaamse Gemeenschap (VG)

Creative Producers: arp:

Thanks to: Martine Dekoninck, Marc Van der Wielen, Benjamin Vandewalle.