衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

Following on from the resounding success of Kiss & Cry, which was staged more than 300 times in some 30 countries to a total of over 180,000 people, choreographer Michèle Anne DE MEY, film-maker Jaco VAN DORMAEL and their brilliant creative team bring us Cold Blood.
Lights, camera, Action! Fingers cavort in a delightful miniature setting, the cameras hover in time to the music, a voice narrates. Film-maker Jaco VAN DORMAEL and choreographer Michèle Anne DE MEY are filming right in front of your eyes. A plane journey, a forest in the fog, seven unexpected deaths...Cold Blood unveils a series of different lives in a hypnotic story laced with offbeat humor. The show explores the miniscule, surveys little worlds where life is viewed through a kaleidoscope. With a certain lightness, life celebrates its final moments of happiness and memories file past, at times languid, at times more vibrant.

  Pre-talk  

4/2 (Fri) 18:50-19:10 Playhouse 2nd Floor

4/3 (Sat) 13:50-14:10 Playhouse 2nd Floor

4/4 (Sun) 13:50-14:10 Playhouse 2nd Floor

  Team introduction  

Creator, Director & Choreography｜Michèle Anne DE MEY

Belgian choreographer Michèle Anne DE MEY (Brussels, 1959) attended Mudra, the Brussels-based school founded by Maurice BÉJART from 1976 to 1979. She choreographed her first show, Passé Simple, in 1981, giving contemporary dance a new direction she subsequently followed with the two-handers Ballatum (1984) and Face à Face (1986).

 In 1983, she became one of the four founding members of the Rosas Company. Although Michèle Anne DE MEY focuses on the connection between dance and music, the choreography of her productions always has a strong drama content and places the dancer in a specific and innovative relationship between stage and audience.

In 1990, she set up her own company, Astragale. There followed thirty or so productions that enjoyed international success. She served as Artistic Co-Director of Charleroi-Danses from 2005 to 2015.

Creator, Director & Cinematography｜Jaco VAN DORMAEL

Jaco VAN DORMAEL was born in 1957 in Belgium. After studying film at Louis-Lumiere in Paris and INSAS in Brussels, he became a children’s theatre director and clown. He has written and directed several fictional short films and documentaries before going on to write and direct three feature films: Toto the Hero (1991), which won a Camera d'or award at the Cannes Film Festival, The Eighth Day (1996), which won the best actor prize (ex æquo) at Cannes, and Mr. Nobody (2009), which won a prize at the Venice Film Festival and the Audience Prize at the European Film Awards.

In the dreamy atmosphere of his productions, Jaco VAN DORMAEL explores the power of the imagination and the contribution of childhood. In under thirty years he has developed a poetic and ambitious world of his own with non-linear narrative forms.

  Creative and Production Team  

A show by Michèle Anne DE MEY, Jaco VAN DORMAEL and Kiss&Cry Collective.

Text｜Thomas GUNZIG

A collective creation by Grégory GROSJEAN, Thomas GUNZIG, Julien LAMBERT, Sylvie OLIVÉ, Nicolas OLIVIER with the participation of Thomas BENI, Gladys BROOKFIELD-HAMPSON, Boris CEKEVDA, Gabriella IACONO, Aurélie LEPORCQ, Bruno OLIVIER, Stefano SERRA.

Scenario｜Thomas GUNZIG, Jaco VAN DORMAEL, Michele Anne DE MEY

Cinematography｜Jaco VAN DORMAEL, Julien LAMBERT

Choreography｜Michele Anne DE MEY

Stage Design｜Sylvie OLIVE assisted by Francois ROUX, Juliette FASSIN, Theodore BRISSET, Brigitte BAUDET, Daniella ZORROZUA

Set Construction｜Jean-Francois PIERLOT (Feu, metal), Walter GONZALES (Triline)

Lighting Design｜Nicolas OLIVIER, Bruno OLIVIER

Sound Design｜Boris CEKEVDA

Photography｜Julien LAMBERT

Dancers｜Michèle Anne DE MEY, Nora ALBERDI, Denis ROBERT

Camera｜Juliette VAN DORMAEL, assisted by Charlotte MARCHAL

Stage Managers and Performers｜Harry CLEVEN, Ivan FOX, Hatuey SUAREZ-PIEDRA

Narrator｜MO Tzu-yi (Mandarin)

Voice Performance｜Mathéo SUAREZ-PIEDRA VAN DORMAEL

Technical Director｜ Benjamin DANDOY

Lighting Director｜Yann HOOGSTOEL

Sound Director｜Benjamin DANDOY

Producer｜Astragales asbl Hélène DUBOIS

Public Relations｜Marie TIRTIAUX

Agent and Tour Manager｜Menno PLUKKER

With the support of Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles Belgium.

Co-presented by National Taichung Theater

  Partner  
Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival

PHOTO©Julien Lambert