Claire Croizé / ECCE

›Flowers (we are)‹, Claire Croizé’s first collaboration with composer Matteo Fargion, is a piece for three dancers and two musicians that combines the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke with the baroque tones of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Drawing on a number of well-known preludes, expanded with synths and sound effects, and chorales, rearranged for four-hands piano, as well as new compositions, ›Flowers (we are)‹, tells of imaginative, poetic worlds, the tentative love between two people, the overpowering relation between a parent and their child, the intimacy and generosity shared by performers on stage and the (im)possibility of forming a connection with each other - all set against the magnificently unlikely background of pop music with lyrics by Rilke.

Concept: Claire Croizé Dance: Emmi Väisänen, Claire Godsmark, Gorka Gurrutxaga Music: J.S. Bach, Matteo Fargion Music performed by: Matteo Fargion, Francesca Fargion Dramaturgy: Etienne Guilloteau Costume design: Anne-Catherine Kunz Light design: Hans Meijer Production: ECCE vzw Co-production: Flemish Government, Concertgebouw Brugge, wpZimmer (Antwerp),Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), Kaaitheater (Brussels) In collaboration with: Workspacebrussels. STUK Many thanks to Herman Sorgeloos

Trailer: ›Flowers (we are)‹ by Claire Croizé / ECCE