dOFt - POR | 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade

Two opposites poke each other out of their familiar walls. In the playful and poetic dance theater performance ‘POR’, past and future meet in the now. Two living rooms turn on their axis. In one room, a boy tries to find his place among the moving boxes. The other room is the home of an older woman who surrounds herself with precious memories. Both look in a different direction: the boy dreams forward, the woman looks back. But neither of them really takes a step. Gradually they discover that there is more than their own living world. Routine makes way for curiosity and without realizing it, these two opposites poke each other out of their familiar walls. ‘POR’ shows a unique clash and fusion of generations, in which memories and dreams eventually make way for the power of the here and now. The play with the revolving stage has something of ‘peek-a-boo’, of ‘find the ten differences’. That imagination in sourdine says a lot about the seriousness with which dOFt has gone to work, without big outbursts or cheap show for ‘the little ones’ (from 6+). The engine behind ’POR’ is rather subtle surrealism than spectacular animation. (Wouter Hillaert, Pzazz) Theatermaker Jonas Vermeulen and choreographer and circus theater maker Piet Van Dycke bring dance, acrobatics, and text together again, in a humorous and playful performance. [...] They are nice reflections that are evoked by the pleasant play between poking and acting, between man, woman, time, between going forward and backward in time. (Tuur Devens, Theaterkrant) A gentle, moving dance and circus theater performance about the difference in clock and (ex)perienced time. Yet this dance with the timepiece turns out differently than you expect, because the inventive set is used movably and meaningfully. (★★★★, Annette Embrechts, Volkskrant) Dance and acting: Andrea Beugger, Marceau Ehrmann Tekst and direction: Jonas Vermeulen Choreografie: Piet Van Dycke Voice-overs: Sofie Decleir and Jonas Vermeulen Regie-assistance: Sam Cunningham Origineel base set design: Marloes and Wikke Scenografie: Menno Boerdam Kostuum: Elise Goedgezelschap Muziekontwerp: Koen Brouwers Dramaturgie: Marie Peeters Lichtontwerp: Raf Wouters in collaboration with Daan tytgat Artistic production management: Sam Cunningham Techniek: Casper Van Overschee, Jef Delva, Tuur Decoene, Hans Rigouts Communicatie: Hanna Scholiers Productie: dOFt Co-production: HET LAB Hasselt, 30CC, Perpodium / With support from the Vlaamse Overheid Met thanks to Theater Artemis, de Warande, C-mine, deRuimte, Destelheide, CC De Muze, Franco Pelizzari del Valle www.doft.be